ngiyaw

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”), possibly of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ŋiˈjaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: ngi‧yaw

Noun

ngiyáw (Basahan spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. meow

   Synonym: ingaw

Derived terms

• magngiyaw
• pangiyaw

See also

• ikos
• kuting

Karao

Noun

ngiyaw

1. cat

   Synonym: posa

Saisiyat

Noun

ngiyaw

1. cat

References

• “ngiyaw”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ng̃iyao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”) of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ilocano ngiaw (“meow”), Kankanaey ngiyaw (“cat”), Ibaloi ngiyaw (“cat”), Karao ngiyaw (“cat”), Central Bikol ngiyaw (“meow”), Cebuano ngiyaw (“meow”), and Malay ngiau (“meow”). See also Kapampangan ngeung, Hokkien 貓 / 猫 (niau, “cat”), and Japanese にゃあ (nyā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ˈŋjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ngi‧yaw

Noun

ngiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. meow

   Synonym: ingaw

Derived terms

• ingiyaw
• nangiyaw
• ngiyawan
• ngumiyaw
• pagngiyaw
• pangiyaw
• pangiyawin

Further reading

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