lutaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *lətaw, from Proto-Central Philippine *lətaw, from Proto-Philippine *lətaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətaw.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧taw

Verb

lutaw

1. to float, to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
2. to be capable of floating
3. to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
4. to drift gently through air
5. to levitate

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /lutaw/ [lʊˈt̪aw]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: lu‧taw

Noun

lutaw (Sulat Sūg spelling لُتَوْ)

1. spirit of a dead person (forced because of his badness to return to earth as an evil-smelling, half decayed body), evil ghost