twas

See also: TWAs, 'twas, and t'was

English

Contraction

twas

1. Misspelling of 'twas.
2. Obsolete spelling of 'twas.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (“heartwood of a tree, hard, durable core of wood; ironwood tree”). Doublet of tos (“descendant, offspring; product”).

Noun

twas

1. hardness
2. core, heart

Derived terms

• atwas
• twas-twas

 

• ginöṅ twas

 

Related terms

• tos

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (tos)
• ⇒ Balinese: ᬓᬢᭀᬲ᭄ (katos)

Further reading

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