# kawayan
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧yan
* IPA: /kaˈwajan/ [kaˈwa.jan̪]

### Noun

kawáyan
* bamboo
    Synonyms: kalap, butong

#### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Bolinao
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* wood

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧yan
* IPA: /kaˈwajan/ [kɐˈwa.jɐn̪]

### Noun

kawayan
* any grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe Bambuseae
* the wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawayan.

#### Derived terms

* kawayanan

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Kapampangan
### Noun

kawayan
* Súlat Wáwâ spelling of kauayan

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan. Compare Kapampangan kuayan, Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, Tausug kayawan and Yami kawalan.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaˈwajan/ [kɐˈwaː.jɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -ajan
* Syllabification: ka‧wa‧yan
* Homophones: Cauayan, Kawayan

#### Noun

kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)
* bamboo

##### Derived terms

* anluwaging kawayan
* batong-kawayan
* kawa-kawayan
* kawayan-kiling
* kawayanan
* kawayang-tsina
* kiling-kawayan

##### Related terms

* Cauayan
* Kawayan
* Meycauayan

##### See also

* anos
* bayog
* buho
* bukawe
* bulo
* kiling
* pagbo
* siitan
* tayuwanak
* tubo

#### Adjective

kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)
* made of bamboo

### Etymology 2

From kaway +‎ -an.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˌkaˈwajan/ [ˌkaːˈwaː.jɐn̪] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -ajan
** IPA: /kawaˈjan/ [kɐ.wɐˈjan̪] (verb)
*** Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ka‧wa‧yan

#### Noun

káwáyan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)
* simultaneous waving of hands
    Synonym: pagkakawayan
* act of waving hands at each other

#### Verb

kawayán (complete kinawayan, progressive kinakawayan, contemplative kakawayan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)
* to call someone by waving one's hand
* to wave one's hand at someone (as in bidding goodbye)

##### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kawayan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “kawayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.

### Noun

kawayan
* bamboo

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *kawayan