awas

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawas/
  • Hyphenation: a‧was

Noun

áwas (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. (medicine) hemorrhage

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay awas, from Javanese ꦲꦮꦱ꧀ (awas), from Old Javanese awās. Doublet of mawas and wawas.

Pronunciation

Verb

awas

  1. to be careful
    Synonym: hati-hati
  2. to watch out
    Synonym: waspada
    Awas amukan gempa bumi
    Watch out for earthquake rage

Conjugation

Conjugation of awas (meng-, transitive)
Root awas
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Emphatic /
Jussive
Active mengawas diawas awas awaslah
Locative mengawasi terawasi diawasi awasi awasilah
Causative / Applicative1 mengawaskan terawaskan diawaskan awaskan awaskanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

awas

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦱ꧀

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

Interjection

awas (Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧᐢ)

  1. (dismissal) go away

Spanish

Noun

awas f pl

  1. plural of awa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare bawas.

Pronunciation

Noun

awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. act of subtracting or deducting (from a larger amount)
    Synonyms: bawas, pagbabawas, tanggal, kaltas
  2. discount or deduction made
    Synonyms: bawas, binawas, tanggal, kaltas
  3. dismissal from class or work (of students or workers)
    Synonyms: labas, labasan, uwi, uwian
  4. rest; retirement
    Synonyms: pahinga, pamamahinga
  5. act of unharnessing a work animal (from a plow, vehicle, etc.)
Derived terms

Adjective

awás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. subtracted; deducted; discounted
    Synonym: bawas
  2. already dismissed from class or work (of students or workers)
  3. already unharnessed (of a work animal)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. overflow (of liquid, especially of boiling water or liquid)
  2. condition of being overfilled (of a container)
  3. something that spilled from an overflowing container (of water, liquid, cereal, etc.)
  4. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowdedness (in a showhouse, etc.)
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

awas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. overflowing; filled to overcapacity (of a container)
    Synonym: punong-puno
  2. (by extension, colloquial) overcrowded (with people)

Anagrams

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Noun

awas

  1. child-in-law
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