katimawaan

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From timawa +‎ ka- -an. Compare Kapampangan katimauan and Hiligaynon katimawaan.

Pronunciation

Noun

katimawaan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜋᜏᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. baseness; vileness
    Synonyms: kaimbihan, kahalayan
  2. (obsolete) liberty (from slavery)
    Synonyms: kalayaan, (obsolete) kamaharlikaan

Further reading

  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1294.