tawas
See also: tāwas
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tawas
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Cebuano edit
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tawas
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay tawas, probably from Sanskrit तवस् (tavas, “strong”). Cognate of Tagalog tawas. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tawas (plural tawas-tawas, first-person possessive tawasku, second-person possessive tawasmu, third-person possessive tawasnya)
Further reading edit
- “tawas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Noun edit
tawas (Jawi spelling تاوس, plural tawas-tawas, informal 1st possessive tawasku, 2nd possessive tawasmu, 3rd possessive tawasnya)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “tawas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay tawas. Compare Cebuano tawas and Waray-Waray tawas.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ta‧was
Noun edit
tawas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)
- alum
- Synonyms: alumbre, piyedralumbre
- practice of burning of alum crystals with praying in quackery (to determine the cause of a person's sickness)
- Synonyms: pagtawas, pagtatawas
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Adjective edit
tawás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)
- freed or saved from evil or misfortune
Waray-Waray edit
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