bataw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien 肉豆 (bah-tāu).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧taw

Noun

bataw

1. hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

Maranao

Verb

bataw

1. to adopt
2. to legitimatize

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 肉豆 (bah-tāu). Compare Hiligaynon bat-aw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbataw/ [ˈbaː.t̪aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ataw
• Syllabification: ba‧taw

Noun

bataw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜏ᜔)

1. hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

Derived terms

• batawan

Related terms

• sitaw
• taho
• tahure
• tawpe
• tawsi
• toge
• tokwa
• toyo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbataw/ [ˈbaː.t̪aʊ̯] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ataw
  • IPA^(key): /baˈtaw/ [bɐˈt̪aʊ̯] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ba‧taw

Noun

bataw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜏ᜔)

1. buoy; floating marker (for ships)
2. punishment as added burden for default

Derived terms

• batawin
• magpabataw
• pagbabataw
• pagpapabataw

Adjective

batáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜏ᜔)

1. lightly afloat; light in the water

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbataw/ [ˈbaː.t̪aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ataw
• Syllabification: ba‧taw

Noun

bataw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜏ᜔)

1. flight of bees in swarms

   Synonym: kawan-kawan

Further reading

• “bataw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 135
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 15

Anagrams

• bawat, bawa't, tabaw