tiwas

Javanese

Romanization

tiwas

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.was/
• Rhymes: -was
• Hyphenation: ti‧was

Adjective

tiwas

1. failing, coming to nothing, being a disappointment
2. broken down
3. defeated
4. ruined
5. dead

Noun

tiwas

1. failure, unsuccessfulness
2. shortcoming
3. breakdown
4. defeat
5. ruin
6. disaster
7. death

Derived terms

• aniniwasi
• katitiwasan
• katiwasan
• katiwasĕn

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ (tiwas) (inherited)

Further reading

• "tiwas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈwas/ [t̪ɪˈwas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ti‧was

Adjective

tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)

1. having the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)

   Synonyms: liblib, tikwas

Derived terms

• magtiwasan
• matiwas
• pagtitiwasan
• pagtiwas
• patiwas
• patiwasin
• tiwasan
• tiwasin

Noun

tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)

1. act of tilting the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)

   Synonyms: tikwas, pagtikwas

2. state of imbalance

   Synonym: pagkadi-timbang

Anagrams

• tawsi, sitaw