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gawa

Pronunciation: /ɡaˈwaʔ/

“gawa” is a Tagalog word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. act of doing something
  2. creation; making; manufacture
  3. repair; fix
  4. deed; act
  5. work; employment; occupation
  6. task; duty
  7. work; opus (such as literary works, musical works, etc.)

adjective

  1. made; manufactured
  2. created; composed
  3. caused

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaq (“work, official activity”). Compare Pangasinan gawa, Sambali gawa, Kapampangan gaua, and Iban gawa. See also Cebuano gama, Iban gawai, Malay gawai, and Javanese gawé (“to do; to work”).

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