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Kapampangan
Noun
katáwan
- Súlat Wáwâ spelling of katauan
Tagalog
Etymology
From a syncopic form of katawuhan, from tawo + ka- -han. Compare Kapampangan katauan. Doublet of katauhan.
Pronunciation
Noun
katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔)
- (anatomy) body
- Synonym: lawas
- figure
- corpse
- Synonyms: bangkay, labi
- (botany) trunk of a tree
- (transport) framework of a vehicle
- (by extension) fuselage of an airplane
- act of embodying or representation
- Synonyms: representa, halili
Derived terms
References
- “katawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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