kakawasaan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cacauasaan, cacavasaan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From kawasa +‎ ka- -an. Compare Maranao kakawasa'an (“wealth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kakawasaˈʔan/ [kɐ.xɐ.wɐ.sɐˈʔan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ka‧wa‧sa‧an

Noun

kakawasaán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜏᜐᜀᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. patience in suffering work

   Synonyms: pasensiya, tiyaga, pagtitiis

   Minamalaki ko ang kakawasaan mo.

   I appreciate your patience.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 458: “Paçiençia) Cacavaſaan (pc) ençufrir trabajos, abs) de cavaſa.”