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Tagalog
Etymology
From timawa + ka- -an. Compare Kapampangan katimauan and Hiligaynon katimawaan.
Pronunciation
Noun
katimawaan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜋᜏᜀᜈ᜔)
- baseness; vileness
- Synonyms: kaimbihan, kahalayan
- (obsolete) liberty (from slavery)
- Synonyms: kalayaan, (obsolete) kamaharlikaan
Further reading
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1294.