katimawaan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catimauaan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From timawa +‎ ka- -an. Compare Kapampangan katimauan and Hiligaynon katimawaan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /katimaˈwaʔan/ [kɐ.tɪ.mɐˈwa.ʔɐn]
• Rhymes: -aʔan
• Syllabification: ka‧ti‧ma‧wa‧an

Noun

katimawaan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜋᜏᜀᜈ᜔)

1. baseness; vileness

   Synonyms: kaimbihan, kahalayan

2. (obsolete) liberty (from slavery)

   Synonyms: kalayaan, (obsolete) kamaharlikaan

Further reading

• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1294.