pawikan

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/ [paˈwiː.kan̪]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wi‧kan
• Rhymes: -ikan

Noun

pawikan (Badlit spelling ᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

1. sea turtle
2. (slang) penis

Derived terms

• ulo sa pawikan

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Cuyunon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Pangasinan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/, [paˈwɪ.kan]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wi‧kan

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pauican, pavycan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan. Compare Central Bikol pawikan, Cebuano pawikan, Sangir puikang, Tombulu puikan, Tontemboan poikan, and Tausug payukan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/ [pɐˈwiː.x̠ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ikan
• Syllabification: pa‧wi‧kan

Noun

pawikan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

1. sea turtle

Derived terms

• pawi-pawikan

See also

• pagong
• pahas
• paniyo

Further reading

• “pawikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 581: “Tortuga) Pavycan (pp) grande”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pawíkan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI