puthaw

puthaw

1. iron; steel; any hard metal

• asiru

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

• Hyphenation: put‧haw

puthaw

1. iron
2. metal

puthaw

1. steel

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

• IPA^(key): /putˈhaw/, [pʊtˈhaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: put‧haw

putháw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. hatchet; small axe

   Synonym: palathaw

• lipya

• “puthaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎, Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 103
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 46
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 143

putháw

1. iron; steel