utaw

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 熨斗 (ut-táu, “an iron (for pressing clothes)”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw

  1. a smoothing iron; an iron (for pressing clothes)
    Synonym: plantsa

Verb

utaw

  1. to iron out

Derived terms
  • inutaw
  • inutawan
  • mangutaw
  • pag-utaw
  • pangutaw
  • tig-utaw
  • tigpautaw
  • ulutawan
  • utawan
  • utawan nga kinabayu
  • utawanan
  • utawon
  • utawonon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆／乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw

  1. soybean

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

utaw

  1. person

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆／乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔutaw/, [ˈʔu.taʊ̯]
  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. soybean

Etymology 2

From tao.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈtaw/, [ʔʊˈtaʊ̯]
  • Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utáw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. (slang) man; person

Further reading
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 151
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