tawak
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Central Dusun[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak.
Noun[edit]
tawak
Tagalog[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tawák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜃ᜔)
- immunity to snake bites (of a person)
- ability to cure people bitten by snakes (especially with one's saliva)
- person immune to snake bites with the alleged ability to cure people bitten by snakes (especially with one's saliva)
- quack that cures ostensibly with his own saliva
- a species of white, wading bird (with a long neck, long legs like a heron, but smaller) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Central Dusun terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Dusun terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Dusun terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Central Dusun terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Central Dusun lemmas
- Central Dusun nouns
- dtp:Anatomy
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Birds