"aswang" meaning in Tagalog

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      "expansion": "Aklanon aswang",
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        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "aswang"
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      "expansion": "Cebuano aswang",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "aswang"
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      "expansion": "Hiligaynon aswang",
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        "2": "ason",
        "3": "",
        "4": "evil spirit of the night"
      },
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      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Aklanon aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi. Possibly related to Sanskrit असुर (asura) + -ng.",
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      "form": "ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔",
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    "as‧wang"
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        {
          "word": "aswangin"
        },
        {
          "word": "mag-aswang"
        },
        {
          "word": "pag-aswangan"
        },
        {
          "word": "umaswang"
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        "aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)"
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          "aswang",
          "aswang#English"
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          "shapeshifting",
          "shapeshifting#English"
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        "(folklore, mythology) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)"
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          "word": "manananggal"
        },
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          "word": "wakwak"
        }
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            "obsolete"
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          "word": "asuvang"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʔasˈwaŋ/",
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        "Standard-Tagalog"
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      "ipa": "[ʔɐsˈwaŋ]",
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        "Standard-Tagalog"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
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  "word": "aswang"
}

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      "word": "aswangin"
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    {
      "word": "mag-aswang"
    },
    {
      "word": "pag-aswangan"
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    {
      "word": "umaswang"
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  "etymology_text": "From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Aklanon aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi. Possibly related to Sanskrit असुर (asura) + -ng.",
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      ]
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      "form": "ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔",
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      "word": "manananggal"
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      "word": "wakwak"
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        "literature",
        "media",
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        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ʔasˈwaŋ/",
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        "Standard-Tagalog"
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      "ipa": "[ʔɐsˈwaŋ]",
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        "Standard-Tagalog"
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      "word": "asbang"
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        "obsolete"
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      "word": "asuvang"
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      "word": "Spanish-based orthography"
    },
    {
      "word": "asuang"
    },
    {
      "word": "asuwang"
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  "word": "aswang"
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