yawe

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjawe/ [ˈjaː.we]
• Hyphenation: ya‧we

Noun

yáwe (Badlit spelling ᜌᜏᜒ)

1. alternative form of yabe

Swahili

Verb

yawe

1. ji-ma class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yaui, yavi, yavy — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• yawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of liyabe, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjawe/ [ˈjaː.wɛ]
• Rhymes: -awe
• Syllabification: ya‧we

Noun

yawe (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ) (uncommon)

1. key

   Synonyms: susi, liyabe

Derived terms

• magyawe
• yawihan

Further reading

• “yawe”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “yawe”, 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…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (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 397: “Llaue) [Yavi] (pp) cualquiera queſea”
  • page 613: “Zerrar) [Yavi] (pp) C. con llaue”

Wandala

Alternative forms

• jawe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yàwè

1. water

References

• Topics in Chadic linguistics 3, volume 3 (2007)