tawa-tawa
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of tawa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌtawa ˈtawa/ [ˌta.wɐ ˈta.wɐ]
- Rhymes: -awa
- Syllabification: ta‧wa-ta‧wa
Noun
[edit]tawa-tawa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜆᜏ)
- Euphorbia hirta (pantropical weed, widely used as a medicinal herb)
- Synonyms: gatas-gatas, buto-butonesan
- Grammathophyllum scriptum (a species of orchid)
- Synonym: gatas-gatas