tawas

See also: tāwas

English

Noun

tawas

1. plural of tawa

Anagrams

• wasta

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay tawas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawas/, [ˈt̪a.wʌs̪]
• Hyphenation: ta‧was

Noun

tawas

1. alum

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈtawas]
• Hyphenation: ta‧was

Noun

tawas (plural tawas-tawas, first-person possessive tawasku, second-person possessive tawasmu, third-person possessive tawasnya)

1. alum

Further reading

• “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

Noun

tawas (Jawi spelling تاوس, plural tawas-tawas, informal 1st possessive tawasku, 2nd possessive tawasmu, 3rd possessive tawasnya)

1. alum

Descendants

• Indonesian: tawas
• → Cebuano: tawas
• → Tagalog: tawas
• → Waray-Waray: tawas

Further reading

• “tawas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tawas. Compare Cebuano tawas and Waray-Waray tawas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtawas/ [ˈta.wɐs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -awas
  • IPA^(key): /taˈwas/ [tɐˈwas] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ta‧was

Noun

tawas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)

1. alum

   Synonyms: alumbre, piyedralumbre

2. practice of burning of alum crystals with praying in quackery (to determine the cause of a person's sickness)

   Synonyms: pagtawas, pagtatawas

Derived terms

• pagtatawas
• pagtawas
• tawasin

 

Adjective

tawás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)

1. freed or saved from evil or misfortune

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Malay tawas.

Noun

tawas

1. alum