kuwago

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ku‧wa‧go

Noun

kuwagò

  1. Alternative form of kulago

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Ilocano kullaaw, Pangasinan kulayot, Kapampangan kulayu, Bikol Central kuwaw, Cebuano kulago, and Maranao kolago. Doublet of kulago and kulayo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ku‧wa‧go
  • IPA(key): /kuˈaɡo/, [ˈkwa.ɣo]

Noun

kuwago (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜄᜓ)

  1. owl (especially the Philippine eagle owl)
    Synonym: paos

Derived terms

  • kuwagong-talahib
  • matang-kuwago

See also

Further reading

  • kuwago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 494.
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 386: “[Lechuça]) Covago (pp) ave conoçida q̃ anda de noche y aulla, tenian la por aguero y ſi ſepoſaba en los tejados la eſpantauan dando voçes, ſi haçian caſa nueua y ſepoſaua en ella antes deacaballa temian morirſe y aſi ponian vn eſpantajo [para que] noſe poſaſe, y noſe quitauan haſta acaballa”
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