kawakas-wakasan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cauacasuacasan, cavacas vacasan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kawakaswakasan

Etymology

From wakas +‎ ka- -an with reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kawaˌkas waˈkasan/ [kɐ.wɐˌxas wɐˈxa.sɐn]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧kas-wa‧ka‧san

Noun

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

1. the ultimate end; the final end; the very end

   Synonyms: kahuli-hulihan, pinakahuli

Related terms

• kawakasan

 

Adjective

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

1. ultimate; supreme; extreme; greatest (or least); maximum (or minimum)

   Ako ang kawakas-wakasang marunong sumulat dito sa bayang ito.

   I am the greatest writer in this town.

   (literally, “I am the ultimate one who knows writing in this town.”)

   Ako po ang kawakas-wakasa't kahuli-hulihan ng mga kriyado mo

   I am the least and the last of your servants.

   Kawakas-wakasan ka ng dunong.

   You are the smartest./ You are the greatest in knowledge.

   (literally, “You are an extremity of knowldege.”)

See also

• kahuli-hulihan
• karuluhan
• kataas-taasan
• katapusan
• lubos

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 1019
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1374.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila