tawag

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawaɡ/ [ˈt̪a.wɐɡ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧wag

Verb

tawag

1. to call

Derived terms

• panawag
• panawagan
• talawagon
• talawgon
• tawag og ginikanan
• tawag og nanay
• tawag og tatay

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tauag — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ. Compare Casiguran Dumagat Agta tawah, Ibaloi tawal, Cebuano tawag, and Tausug tawag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtawaɡ/ [ˈt̪aː.wɐɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -awaɡ
• Syllabification: ta‧wag

Noun

tawag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜄ᜔)

1. act of calling someone (by name or by signalling)
2. act of calling on the telephone, telegram, etc.

   Synonyms: pagtelepono, pagtelegrama

3. telephone call

   May tawag ka.

   You have a phone call.

4. term; identifying name; what something is called

   Synonyms: katawagan, pangalan, ngalan

   Ano'ng tawag dito?

   What is the name for this?

5. (law) call; summons

   Synonyms: patawag, pasundo

6. roll call

   Synonym: pasalista

7. banns (announcement of a forthcoming marriage)

   Synonym: tawag sa kasal

8. announcement (as by a loud crier)

   Synonyms: bando, pagbabando

9. doctor's call or visit (especially on request by someone)

   Synonyms: dalaw, pagdalaw, bisita, pagbisita

10. fee for a doctor's call or visit

    Synonym: subida

11. (cockfighting) announcement of the rate of betting (as by a tahor or a kristo)

Derived terms

• ipatawag
• itawag
• katawagan
• kung tawagi'y
• magpatawag
• magtawag
• magtawagan
• maling tawag
• manawagan
• mapatawag
• matawag
• pagtawag
• panawagan
• patawag
• patawagin
• salang tawag
• tawag ng kalikasan
• tawag ng laman
• tawag ng tungkulin
• tawag sa kasal
• tawag sa pansin
• tawag-pansin
• tawagan
• tawagan ng pansin
• tawagin
• tawagin ang pansin
• tumawag

 

Further reading

• “tawag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• agwat

Tausug

Verb

tawag

1. to call