katawan

katáwan

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of katauan

• cataoan, catao-an, catauan, catau-an — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kataw-an — dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog

From earlier kataw-an, from Southern Luzon axis *katawʔan (“body”). Likely a syncopic form of *katawuan, from a root equivalent to Tagalog tao (“human; person”); thus equivalent to tawo +‎ ka- -an. Not directly from Tagalog as Tagalog tawo, older variant of tao, does not end with a glottal stop. This may not be true in the past. Compare Kapampangan katauan and Remontado Agta kataw-an. See also katauhan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kataˈwan/ [kɐ.t̪ɐˈwan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧wan

katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) body

   Synonym: lawas

2. figure
3. corpse

   Synonyms: bangkay, labi

4. (botany) trunk of a tree
5. (transport) framework of a vehicle
6. (by extension) fuselage of an airplane
7. act of embodying or representation

   Synonyms: representa, halili

• “katawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 82

• kawatan