katuwiran

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catouiran — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• katowiran, katuiran — obsolete
• katwiran

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuq(ə)lid

Proto-Philippine *tuqlid

Tagalog tuwid

Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an

Tagalog ka- -an

Tagalog katuwiran

From tuwid (“straight”) + ka- -an, literally “straightness; correctness”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /katuˈwiɾan/ [k̠ɐˈt̪wiː.ɾɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iɾan
• Syllabification: ka‧tu‧wi‧ran

Noun

katuwiran (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇᜈ᜔)

1. reason; reasoning; explanation

   Synonyms: paliwanang, dahilan, rason, argumento

2. excuse (in an argument)
3. reasonability; rationality
4. rectitude; straightness
5. (obsolete) justice

   Synonyms: katarungan, hustisya

Derived terms

• katuwiranan
• katuwiranin
• makatuwiran
• mangatuwiran

See also

• katinuan
• katuyagan
• punto

Further reading

• “katuwiran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 224: “Derechura) Catoviran (pp) de palo caña o otra coſa, abs) de tovir”