# agaw
## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔa.ɡɐʊ̯]
* Hyphenation: a‧gaw

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Might be related to agaw (“snatch, take away, usurp”); compare etymology of igsuon (“sibling”). The third sense may have been influenced by dialectal agawon (“boss, supervisor”).

#### Alternative forms

* gaw — short form, vocative

#### Noun

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)
* a cousin
* a form of address to a cousin, regardless if related by blood or through marriage
* an amiable form of address to a stranger

##### Related terms

* ig-agaw
* ig-agaw igtagsa
* ig-agaw igtagurha
* ig-agaw igtagutlo
* ig-agaw sa kasingkasing
* mag-agaw
* manag-agaw
* pag-agawan
* panag-agawan

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away, usurp”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Tagalog agaw, and Maranao agaw.

#### Verb

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)
* to take away from someone's possession; to usurp
    Synonym: ilog

##### Derived terms

* agawan
* mangaagaw

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Tagalog agaw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔa.ɡɐw]
* Rhymes: -aɡaw
* Syllabification: a‧gaw

### Noun

agaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜯ᜴)
* grasping; grabbing at something

#### Derived terms

* agawon
* mag-aragawan

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔaː.ɣaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -aɡaw
* Syllabification: a‧gaw

#### Noun

agaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)
* snatch; sudden seizure
    Synonyms: daklot, sunggab, haklot, hablot, haklit, (obsolete) kayaw
* usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)
    Synonyms: samsam, ilit, kamkam
* interpolation (in conversation)
    Synonyms: agaw-sabi, abat, sabat
* (colloquial) act of saving someone from death
* (botany) cypress vine
* (basketball) steal

##### Derived terms

* agaw-bisa
* agaw-buhay
* agaw-dilim
* agaw-lihi
* agaw-liwanag
* agaw-pansin
* agaw-timbang
* agaw-tingin
* agaw-tulog
* agawan
* agawin
* di-maabot-agawin
* kaagaw
* kaagaw-suso
* maagaw
* maagawan
* mag-agawan
* magpangagawan
* makiagaw
* makipag-agawan
* mang-agaw
* mangangagaw
* pag-agaw
* umagaw

##### See also

* kayaw
* nakaw

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈɡaw/ [ʔɐˈɣaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: a‧gaw

#### Noun

agáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)
* hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition
    Synonyms: padugo, pampadugo

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* waag, gawa, agwa

## Yogad
### Noun

agaw
* ginger

### Noun

agáw
* day