tiwas

Javanese

Romanization

tiwas

  1. romanization of ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.was/
  • Rhymes: -was
  • Hyphenation: ti‧was

Adjective

tiwas

  1. failing, coming to nothing, being a disappointment
  2. broken down
  3. defeated
  4. ruined
  5. dead

Noun

tiwas

  1. failure, unsuccessfulness
  2. shortcoming
  3. breakdown
  4. defeat
  5. ruin
  6. disaster
  7. death

Derived terms

  • aniniwasi
  • katitiwasan
  • katiwasan
  • katiwasĕn

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀ (tiwas) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "tiwas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Saisiyat

Proper noun

tiwas

  1. a female given name

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “tiwas”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈwas/ [t̪ɪˈwas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: ti‧was

Adjective

tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. having the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)
    Synonyms: liblib, tikwas

Derived terms

  • magtiwasan
  • matiwas
  • pagtitiwasan
  • pagtiwas
  • patiwas
  • patiwasin
  • tiwasan
  • tiwasin

Noun

tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. act of tilting the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)
    Synonyms: tikwas, pagtikwas
  2. state of imbalance
    Synonym: pagkadi-timbang

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