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. Doublet of mawas and wawas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawas/
• Hyphenation: 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	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengawas		diawas	awas	awaslah
Locative	mengawasi	terawasi	diawasi	awasi	awasilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengawaskan	terawaskan	diawaskan	awaskan	awaskanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not 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/ [ˈʔa.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)

Tiruray

Noun

awas

1. child-in-law