Meaning of "kawayan"

kawayan •

n.
• • bamboo

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bamboo

n.
• • 1. kawayan
  • 2. bamboo grove: kawayanan
  • 3. split bamboo: tinilad na kawayan, patpat, palatpat

peg

n.
• • a pin or small bolt for various uses: pakong kahoy (kawayan), talasok, paltak

v.
• • 1. to fasten or hold with pegs: magtalasok, talasukan, italasok
  • 2. to take a person down a peg or two, to humble him: humiya, hiyain

wave

n.
• • 1. a moving ridge or swell of water: alon
  • 2. a waving: kaway, pagkaway, wagayway, pagwawagayway
  • 3. a curve or series of curves: alon, alun-alon, lundo, lundu-lundo
  • 4. curl, esp. of hair: kulot, pagkakakulot

v.
• • 1. to move with a waving motion: pumagaspas
  • 2. to move back and forth: kumaway, ikaway, kumampay, ikampay, magwagayway, iwagayway
  • 3. to signal by waving: kumaway, kawayan
  • 4. to move back and forth as a flag in the air: magwagayway, wumagayway, iwagayway
  • 5. to make curly: magkulot, kulutin, kulutan

kaway

v.
• • kumaway, kawayan (-um-:-an) to wave with the hand. Kumaway siya sa akin bago umalis. He waved at me before he left.