utaw

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Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien 熨斗 (ut-táu, an iron (for pressing clothes)).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

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utaw

  1. a smoothing iron; an iron (for pressing clothes)
    Synonym: plantsa

Verb

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utaw

  1. to iron out

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

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utaw

  1. soybean

Higaonon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

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utaw

  1. person

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆乌豆 (o͘-tāu, (black) soybean).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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utaw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. soybean

Etymology 2

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From tao.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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utáw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. (slang) man; person

Further reading

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  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 151