kuwago

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧wa‧go

Noun

kuwagò

1. Alternative form of kulago

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• coago, couago, covago — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kuago — obsolete
• kwago — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kuláʀu with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano kullaaw, Pangasinan kulayot, Kapampangan kulayu, Bikol Central kuwaw, Cebuano kulago, Maranao kolago, and Western Bukidnon Manobo kulagu. Doublet of kulago and kulayo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈaɡo/ [ˈkwaː.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: ku‧wa‧go

Noun

kuwago (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜄᜓ)

1. owl (especially the Philippine eagle owl)

   Synonym: paos

Derived terms

• kuwagong-talahib
• matang-kuwago

 

See also

• bahaw
• lapira
• letsura

 

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^[1], 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”
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106