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awas

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Central Bikol

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawas/ [ˈʔa.was]
  • Hyphenation: a‧was

Noun

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áwas (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. (medicine) hemorrhage

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay awas, from Javanese ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas), from Old Javanese awās. Doublet of mawas and wawas.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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awas

  1. to be careful
    Synonym: hati-hati
  2. to watch out
    Synonym: waspada
    Awas amukan gempa bumi
    Watch out for earthquake rage

Conjugation

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Conjugation of awas (meng-, transitive)
root awas
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengawas diawas awas awaslah
accusative / dative / locative mengawasi terawasi diawasi awasi awasilah
perfective causative / applicative2 mengawaskan terawaskan diawaskan awaskan awaskanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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awas

  1. romanization of ꦲꦮꦱ꧀

Malay

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Javanese awās.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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awas

  1. to be careful with something or someone
  2. to observe
  3. to pay attention

Derived terms

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Interjection

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awas

  1. caution!; watch out!
    Synonyms: hati-hati, bahaya

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: awas

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Plains Cree

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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awas (Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧᐢ)

  1. (dismissal) go away

Spanish

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Noun

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awas f pl

  1. plural of awa

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Compare bawas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. act of subtracting or deducting (from a larger amount)
    Synonyms: bawas, pagbabawas, tanggal, kaltas
  2. discount or deduction made
    Synonyms: bawas, binawas, tanggal, kaltas
  3. dismissal from class or work (of students or workers)
    Synonyms: labas, labasan, uwi, uwian
  4. rest; retirement
    Synonyms: pahinga, pamamahinga
  5. act of unharnessing a work animal (from a plow, vehicle, etc.)
Derived terms
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Adjective

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awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. subtracted; deducted; discounted
    Synonym: bawas
  2. already dismissed from class or work (of students or workers)
  3. already unharnessed (of a work animal)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. overflow (of liquid, especially of boiling water or liquid)
  2. condition of being overfilled (of a container)
  3. something that spilled from an overflowing container (of water, liquid, cereal, etc.)
  4. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowdedness (in a showhouse, etc.)
Derived terms
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See also
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Adjective

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awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. overflowing; filled to overcapacity (of a container)
    Synonym: punong-puno
  2. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowded (with people)

Anagrams

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Tiruray

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Noun

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awas

  1. child-in-law