singaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sing̃ao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋ(ə)qaw (“vapor, steam”). Compare Ilocano sengngaw, Central Bikol sangaw, Maranao sengaw, Tausug sungaw, and Malay sengau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈŋaw/ [sɪˈŋaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: si‧ngaw

Noun

singáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅᜏ᜔)

1. vapor; steam (from boiling water)
2. fumes; (from a machine, etc.)
3. evaporation of vapor from the ground

   Synonyms: alimuom, alingasaw

4. waft; puff of air
5. leakage of air or gas (as from an airtight container)
6. (pathology) inflamed sores (on corners of one's lips)
7. (pathology) skin eruptions (such as rashes, prickly heat, and other skin diseases)

   Synonym: bukal

8. (botany) growth of moss, lichen, fungi, etc.
9. (mycology) fungus or other similar plants

   Synonyms: halamang-singaw, onggo, funggus

10. (figurative) original traits (of the youth, etc.)

Derived terms

• halamang-singaw
• magpasingaw
• pasingawan
• pasingawin
• singaw-buhay
• singawan
• sumingaw

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• wangis, sawing, siwang