tawas

== English == === Noun === tawas plural of tawa === Anagrams === wasta == Cebuano == === Etymology === From Malay tawas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtawas/ [ˈt̪a.wɐs̪] Hyphenation: ta‧was === Noun === tawas alum == Indonesian == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): [ˈtawas] Hyphenation: ta‧was === Noun === tawas (plural tawas-tawas) alum === Further reading === “tawas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Noun === tawas (Jawi spelling تاوس, plural tawas-tawas or tawas2) alum ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: tawas → Cebuano: tawas → Tagalog: tawas → Waray-Waray: tawas === Further reading === "tawas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === tauas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay tawas. Compare Cebuano tawas and Waray-Waray tawas. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtawas/ [ˈt̪aː.wɐs] (noun) Rhymes: -awas IPA(key): /taˈwas/ [t̪ɐˈwas] (adjective) Rhymes: -as Syllabification: ta‧was === Noun === tawas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔) alum Synonyms: alumbre, piyedralumbre, tinggal, potasa, (obsolete) binghuwan practice of burning of alum crystals with praying in quackery (to determine the cause of a person's sickness) Synonyms: pagtawas, pagtatawas ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === tawás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜐ᜔) freed or saved from evil or misfortune === Further reading === “tawas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “alum”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Waray-Waray == === Etymology === From Malay tawas. === Noun === tawas alum