kiyaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki‧yaw

Noun

kiyaw

1. Palawan hill mynah (Gracula religiosa palawanensis)
2. Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae)

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪˈjʌw]
• Hyphenation: ki‧yaw

Noun

kiyaw inan (plural kiyawa, Syllabics ᑭᔭᐤ)

1. second-person singular of miyaw; thy body, thy corpse

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 16

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien, according to English (1987). Compare kiyaw-kiyaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈaw/ [ˈkjaʊ̯], /ˈkiaw/ [ˈki.aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw, -iaw
• Syllabification: ki‧yaw

Noun

kiyáw or kiyaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. wriggling movement (of worms, mosquito larvae, etc.)
2. swarming; bustling; moving about (of a thick crowd of people)

   Synonym: kuto

3. useless talk or fretting; ado; fuss

   Synonyms: kuskos-balungos, kiyaw-kiyaw

References

• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 340
• “kiyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018