tawas

tawas

1. plural of tawa

• wasta

From Malay tawas.

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

tawas

1. alum

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.)

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

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

1. alum

• “tawas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

1. alum

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

• “tawas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• Hyphenation: ta‧was
• IPA^(key): /ˈtawas/, [ˈta.wɐs] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /taˈwas/, [tɐˈwas] (adjective)

tawas

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

tawás

1. freed or saved from evil or misfortune

From Malay tawas.

tawas

1. alum