tawas
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See also: tāwas
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]tawas
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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)
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 of 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
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tawás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)
- freed or saved from evil or misfortune
Waray-Waray
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tawas
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