kabuoang-katawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cabooang-catauan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kabuuang-katawan — nonstandard

Etymology

From kabuoan +‎ -g- +‎ katawan, literally “wholeness of the body”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kabuʔoˌʔaŋ kataˈwan/ [kɐ.bʊ.ʔoˌʔaŋ kɐ.tɐˈwan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧bu‧o‧ang-ka‧ta‧wan

Noun

kabuoáng-katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜂᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. virginity of a man or a woman

   Synonyms: pagkabirhen, birhinidad

Related terms

• buo pang katawan

 

References

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier