# ayaw
## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* ajaw — Bohol, Southern Leyte

### Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *ayaw, from Proto-Central-Philippine *ayáw (do not). Compare Surigaonon ajaw & Tausug ayaw.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧yaw
* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ʔaˈjaw/ [ʔɐˈjaʊ̯]
* (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA: /ʔaˈd͡ʒaw/ [ʔɐˈd͡ʒaʊ̯]

### Interjection

ayáw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* don't; stop
    Ayaw mo panabako diri. ― Do not smoke here.

### Verb

ayáw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* (of a child, pet, etc.) to be upset and agitated, or to cry, when parent or owner leaves or tries to leave

### Anagrams

* away, yawa

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ʔaˈjaw/ [ʔʌˈjaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: a‧yaw

### Noun

ayáw
* act of going away, leaving

#### Derived terms

* umayaw

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “ayáw”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 48

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Malacca) IPA: /ɑjɑw/
* Rhymes: -jɑw, -ɑw

### Noun

ayaw (plural ayaw-ayaw, informal 1st possessive ayawku, 2nd possessive ayawmu, 3rd possessive ayawnya)
* (dialectal) a negative desire, influence

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* ayao, ayau — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Central-Philippine *ayáw (“do not”). Cognate with Cebuano ayaw (“do not”). Compare also Javanese ꦲꦪ꧀ꦮ (aywa, “do not”) and Old Javanese haywa (“do not”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔajaw/ [ˈʔaː.jaʊ̯], /ʔaˈjaw/ [ʔɐˈjaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -ajaw, -aw
* Syllabification: a‧yaw

#### Verb

ayaw or ayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* (pseudoverb) to not want; to not like
    Synonym: (obsolete) ataw

#### Noun

ayaw or ayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* dislike; aversion; distaste
    Synonym: (obsolete) ataw
* act of refusing; refusal
    Synonym: tanggi
* (by extension) act of giving up

#### Adjective

ayaw or ayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* unwanted; not liked
    Synonym: (obsolete) ataw
* loath; averse to; unwilling to
    Synonym: (obsolete) ataw

##### Derived terms

* ayaw ka man
* ayaw paawat
* ayawan
* ayoko
* ipaayaw
* kaayawan
* magpaayaw
* manayaw
* mapaayaw
* paayawin
* pag-ayaw
* umayaw
* walang-inaayawan

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Central-Philippine *áyaw (“to leave, redistribute”), from Proto-Philippine *ayáw (“depart; separate from”). Cognates with Mansaka ayaw (“to leave”) and Cebuano ayaw (“to cry (as a child) when left behind”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈʔajaw/ [ˈʔaː.jaʊ̯] (“proportion; distribution of parts”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -ajaw
** IPA: /ˈʔajaw/ [ˈʔaː.jaʊ̯], /ʔaˈjaw/ [ʔɐˈjaʊ̯] (“act of leaving (something)”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -ajaw, -aw
* Syllabification: a‧yaw

#### Noun

ayaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔) (now dialectal, Quezon)
* part; proportion (of each one)
    Synonyms: bahagi, hati
* distribution of a part or proportion

##### Derived terms

* ayaw-ayaw
* ayaw-ayawin
* ayawan
* iayaw
* ipangayaw
* maayaw
* mag-ayaw
* mag-ayaw-ayaw
* magkaayaw-ayaw
* mangangayaw
* mangayaw
* pag-aayaw
* pag-ayaw-ayaw
* pag-ayaw-ayawin
* pag-ayawan
* pagkakaayaw-ayaw
* pangangayaw
* pangayaw
* pangayawan
* umayaw

#### Noun

ayaw or ayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔) (now dialectal, Quezon)
* act of leaving something (either on purpose or accidentally)
    Synonyms: iwan, tira
    Ayaw magpaayaw sa bahay-paaralan ang bata.The child does not want to be left behind at the school.
* forgetting
    Synonym: limot
    Nakaayaw ng tungkod ang matanda.The old person had forgotten a walking stick.

##### Derived terms

* ayawan
* aywan
* aywan ko
* iwan
* iwanan
* mag-iwan
* magpaayaw
* magpaiwan
* maiwan
* maiwanan
* makaayaw
* mang-iwan
* mapag-iwanan
* paiwan

### Etymology 3

Compare Kapampangan ayo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈjaw/ [ʔɐˈjaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: a‧yaw

#### Noun

ayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔)
* game with small shells

### Further reading

* “ayaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 29
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 43.

### Anagrams

* away