dagdag-bawas
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Etymology
From dagdag (“addition”) + bawas (“subtraction”), literally “add-subtract; adding and subtracting”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daɡˌdaɡ ˈbawas/ [d̪ɐɡˌd̪aɡ ˈbaː.wɐs]
- Rhymes: -awas
- Syllabification: dag‧dag-ba‧was
Noun
dagdág-bawas (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄ᜔ᜇᜄ᜔ᜊᜏᜐ᜔) (politics)
- form of electoral fraud involving adding and subtracting of votes in favor of one candidate over another
Further reading
- “dagdag-bawas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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