"Dawa" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
n. an ear of grain, especially of rice; spike. v. /AG-/ to develop spikes: said especially of rice.
dáwa - A kind of grain resembling Indian
corn; millet. (cf. batád).
dáwa n millet: Setaria italica.
Widely cultivated, it is most com-monly made into budbud.
dawadáwa n k.
o.
tall grass bearing spikes similar to millet in appearance: Echinochloa crusgalli.
dawa v [B46; b6] for the blood in a dish of dugùdugù to curdle.
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