tawo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

tawo

1. man; person; human being

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

tawo

1. man; human being

• taho
• tao

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawo/ [ˈta.wo]
• Hyphenation: ta‧wo

táwo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜏᜓ)

1. man; human being
2. person

   Synonyms: persona, personahe

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

tawo

1. man; human being

• taw — colloquial, eye dialect

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Tagalog tao.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈtawo/ [ˈt̪a.wo]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/ [ˈt̪aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʊ
• Hyphenation: ta‧wo

tawo (Badlit spelling ᜆᜏᜓ)

1. human being; person
2. employee; follower

   tawo ni Marcos ― Marcos' men

3. visitor
4. someone left home, to watch or guard it

   Walay tawo sa balay. ― There's no one left at home.

5. face card

tawo (Badlit spelling ᜆᜏᜓ)

1. to be born; to be brought in to the world
2. to operate; to take up position; to man
3. to stay and watch the house
4. (uncommon) to prepare for guests on special occasions
5. (uncommon) to attend an affair or special occasion
6. (uncommon) to pay a visit

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 1057

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawu/ [ˈta.wo]
• Rhymes: -awu
• Syllabification: ta‧wo

tawo (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜯᜳ)

1. person; human being; man
2. man (piece in board games)

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 271

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawo/ [ˈta.wo]

tawo

1. a man; a person; a human

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

tawo

1. person; human being

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtawo/ [ˈt̪aː.wo]
• Rhymes: -awo
• Syllabification: ta‧wo

tawo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜓ) (now dialectal, Batangas, western Marinduque, uncommon in Rizal)

1. Alternative form of tao

• awto

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

tawo

1. man; human being

• IPA^(key): /taʋo/

tawo

1. sea

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris