bugaw

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbu.ɡaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: bu‧gaw

Noun

búgaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)

1. a pimp; a pander
2. inducement, act of driving away people or animals

   Synonym: halaw

Derived terms

• bugawon
• magbugaw

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbu.ɡɐʊ̯]

Noun

bugaw

1. pimp; pander

Verb

bugaw

1. to drive away; to shoo

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.

Verb

bugaw

1. to drive away

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw. Compare Kapampangan buyaw, Bikol Central bugaw, Cebuano bugaw, Maranao bogaw, and Malay buru.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbuː.ɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -uɡaw
• Syllabification: bu‧gaw

Noun

bugaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)

1. driving away; shooing (animals, people, etc.)

   Synonyms: aboy, pag-aaboy, taboy, pagtataboy

2. (colloquial) go-between in a courtship

   Synonyms: tulay, tagapamagitan

3. (colloquial) pimp; pander; procurer

   Synonyms: alkahuwete, kuwekong, tita-tita, kagon

Derived terms

• bugawan
• bugawin
• bumugaw
• ibugaw
• mambugaw
• pagbubugaw
• pagbugaw
• pambubugaw
• pambugaw ng langaw

See also

• sugo-suguan
• suluhan
• tagakaon

Further reading

• “bugaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• buwag