puthaw

Binukid

Noun

puthaw

1. iron; steel; any hard metal

Related terms

• asiru

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: put‧haw

Noun

puthaw

1. iron
2. metal

Higaonon

Noun

puthaw

1. steel

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /putˈhaw/ [pʊt̪ˈhaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: put‧haw

Noun

putháw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. hatchet; small axe

   Synonym: palathaw

Related terms

• lithaw
• palathaw
• tutsang

 

See also

• lipya

References

• “puthaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎^[1], Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 103
• 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 46
• 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 143

Waray-Waray

Noun

putháw

1. iron; steel