aswang

English

Alternative forms

• asuang

Noun

aswang (plural aswangs)

1. A shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology

Anagrams

• Gnawas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧wang
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaswaŋ/ [ˈʔas̪.waŋ]

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

áswang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. (folklore) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)
2. (humorous, somewhat offensive) a person who acts or has the characteristics of an aswang

Etymology 2

From taas + suwang. By rhyming.

Noun

áswang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. (humorous, somewhat offensive) someone who has an extended chin

   Synonym: babalu

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧wang
• IPA^(key): /ʔasˈwaŋ/ [ʔasˈwaŋ]

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Noun

aswáng

1. (folklore) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

Hiligaynon

Noun

aswáng

1. (folklore, mythology) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asbang — obsolete
• asuang, asuvang, asuuang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• asuwang
• uswang

Etymology

From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Aklanon aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi (“evil spirit; spirit shaman”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈwaŋ/ [ʔɐsˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: as‧wang

Noun

aswáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔) (folklore, mythology)

1. aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

Derived terms

• aswangin
• mag-aswang
• pag-aswangan
• umaswang

Descendants

• → Spanish: asuán

See also

• manananggal
• wakwak

Further reading

• “aswang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

• nagwas, sagwan