gawa-gawa

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of gawa.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ga‧wa-ga‧wa

IPA^(key): /ɡaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/, [ɡɐˌwaʔ ɡɐˈwaʔ]

IPA^(key): /ɡaˌwa ɡaˈwaʔ/, [ɡɐˌwa ɣɐˈwaʔ] (elision)
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Noun

gawâ-gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜄᜏ)

fictitious story; fabricated story
Puro kathang-isip at gawa-gawa ang mga isinusulat niyang kuwento.
His writing comprises of fiction and fabricated stories.

Adjective

gawâ-gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜄᜏ)

fictitious; fabricated; made-up
Synonyms: imbento, imbensiyon, kathang-isip
artificial

Derived terms

gumawa-gawa

Related terms

gawain
kagagawan
kawanggawa
maggawa
pagawaan

Further reading

“gawa-gawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (in English & Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

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