The word "Abawed" is a Welsh term which means "bewitched". The spelling of this word can be explained using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonetic transcription. The first syllable "Aba" is pronounced as "a" as in "ah", followed by "b" and "a" pronounced together as "ba". The second syllable "wed" is pronounced as "w" as in "we", followed by "e" as in "bet" and "d" as in "day". Therefore, "Abawed" is pronounced as "ah-ba-wed".