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Central Dusun
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak.
Noun
tawak
- (anatomy) waist
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
tawák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜃ᜔)
- immunity to snake bites (of a person)
- ability to cure people bitten by snakes (especially with one's saliva)
- person immune to snake bites with the alleged ability to cure people bitten by snakes (especially with one's saliva)
- quack that cures ostensibly with his own saliva
- a species of white, wading bird (with a long neck, long legs like a heron, but smaller) (clarification of this definition is needed)
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