awas

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawas/ [ˈʔa.was]
• Hyphenation: a‧was

Noun

áwas (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

1. (medicine) hemorrhage

Derived terms

• maawasan
• makaawas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay awas, from Javanese ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas), from Old Javanese awās, ultimately from Classical Persian آواز (āwāz, “voice, sound, echo”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Latin vōx. Doublet of mawas and wawas.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈawas/ [ˈa.was]
• Rhymes: -awas
• Syllabification: a‧was

Verb

awas

1. to be careful

   Synonym: hati-hati

2. to watch out

   Synonym: waspada

   Awas amukan gempa bumi

   Watch out for earthquake rage

Conjugation

Conjugation of awas (meng-, transitive)

root	awas
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mengawas		diawas	awas	awaslah
accusative / dative / locative	mengawasi	terawasi	diawasi	awasi	awasilah
perfective causative / applicative2	mengawaskan	terawaskan	diawaskan	awaskan	awaskanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• awasan
• berawas
• berawas-awas
• keawasan
• mengawas-awasi
• mengawasi
• mengawaskan
• pengawas
• pengawasan
• terawasi

Related terms

• was
• waspada
• wawas
• wawasan

Further reading

• “awas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

awas

1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦱ꧀

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwas/

Interjection

awas (Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧᐢ)

1. (dismissal) go away

Spanish

Noun

awas f pl

1. plural of awa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare bawas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwas/ [ʔɐˈwas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧was

Noun

awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

1. act of subtracting or deducting (from a larger amount)

   Synonyms: bawas, pagbabawas, tanggal, kaltas

2. discount or deduction made

   Synonyms: bawas, binawas, tanggal, kaltas

3. dismissal from class or work (of students or workers)

   Synonyms: labas, labasan, uwi, uwian

4. rest; retirement

   Synonyms: pahinga, pamamahinga

5. act of unharnessing a work animal (from a plow, vehicle, etc.)

Derived terms

• awasan
• awasin
• mag-awas

Adjective

awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

1. subtracted; deducted; discounted

   Synonym: bawas

2. already dismissed from class or work (of students or workers)
3. already unharnessed (of a work animal)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawas/ [ˈʔaː.wɐs]
• Rhymes: -awas
• Syllabification: a‧was

Noun

awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

1. overflow (of liquid, especially of boiling water or liquid)
2. condition of being overfilled (of a container)
3. something that spilled from an overflowing container (of water, liquid, cereal, etc.)
4. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowdedness (in a showhouse, etc.)

Derived terms

• awasan
• paawasin
• pag-awas
• umawas

See also

• subo

Adjective

awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

1. overflowing; filled to overcapacity (of a container)

   Synonym: punong-puno

2. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowded (with people)

Anagrams

• sawa

Tiruray

Noun

awas

1. child-in-law