tawas

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English

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Noun

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tawas

  1. plural of tawa

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Malay tawas.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tawas

  1. alum

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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

  1. alum

Further reading

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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

  1. alum

Descendants

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

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Adjective

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tawás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. freed or saved from evil or misfortune

Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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From Malay tawas.

Noun

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tawas

  1. alum