Meaning of "asawa"

asawa •

n.
• • wife/husband, spouse (term of reference)

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match

n.
• • 1. a person or thing equal to another or much like another, an equal: kapareho, kasukat
  • 2. a pair that fit: pareha, tambal, pares
  • 3. a person considered as a possible husband or wife: magaling (kabagay) na maging kabiyak, bagay na maging asawa (na mapangasawa)

v.
• • 1. to find the equal of or one exactly like: magpareha, ipareha
  • 2. to be similar, go well together: bumagay, magkabagay, tumugma, magkatugma, umagpang, magkaagpang
  • 3. to be equal to in a contest: pumantay, pantayan, ipantay, pumareho, parehuhan, ipareho
  • 4. to put or place the equal amount or value: tumumbas, tumbasan, pumantay, pantayan
  • 5. to try ones skill, strength, etc., against, oppose: lumaban, labanan, ilaban

pair

n.
• • 1. a set of two, two that go together: pares, paris, pareha
  • 2. a single thing that cannot be used separately: In Tagalog this is rendered by the simple singular name of the subject. E.g. a "pair of scissors" or "scissors" are both expressed as gunting.
  • 3. two people who are married: mag-asawa, magkabiyak
  • 4. two people who are engaged to be married: magkatipan, magnobyo
  • 5. two animals or birds that are mated: mag-asawa, pares

v.
• • 1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs: magpareha, ipareha, pagparehahin, magpares, ipares, magtambal, itambal, pagtambalin
  • 2. to mate: magpareha, ipareha
  • 3. to pair off, to arrange in pairs or form into pairs: magpareha, pagparehahin, magtambal, pagtambalin

husband

n.
• • man who has a wife: asawa

wife

n.
• • a married woman: asawa, maybahay, misis

intended

adj.
• • 1. meant: hangad, hinahangad, layon, nilalayon
  • 2. intentional, designed, planned: sinadya, sinasadya, kinusa, kinukusa

n.
• • an intended husband or wife (coll): ang magiging asawa, ang mapapangasawa, nobyo/a

marriage

n.
• • 1. the ceremony of marriage: pagkakasal
  • 2. a wedding: kasal, kasalan
  • 3. living together as husband and wife, married life: buhay may asawa, pag-sasamang mag-asawa

buhat

v.
• • bumuhat, buhatin (-um:-in) to lift, to carry buhat conj. eversince [var. magbuhat]. Buhat nang nag-asawa siya, naging matipid siya. Eversince she got married, she became frugal.

bukod

v.
• • bumukod (-um-) to separate from, to segregate. Bumukod na siya sa amin. He separated himself from us. magbukod, ibukod (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to set apart, to exclude, to set aside. Ibukod mo ang para kay Dadong. Set aside what is for Dadong. bukod conj. besides, in addition to. bukod sa asawa niya... besides his wife...

hinala

n.
• • suspicion

v.
• • maghinala, hinalain (mag-:-in) to suspect, to presume. Naghihinala ang babae sa kanyang asawa. The woman is suspecting that her husband is philandering.