Haway

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hawái or English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /haˈwaj/ [hɐˈwaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: Ha‧way

Proper noun

Hawáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜌ᜔)

  1. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Further reading
  • “Haway”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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