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Javanese
Romanization
tiwas
- Romanization of ꦠꦶꦮꦱ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.was/
- Rhymes: -was
- Hyphenation: ti‧was
Adjective
tiwas
- failing, coming to nothing, being a disappointment
- broken down
- defeated
- ruined
- dead
Noun
tiwas
- failure, unsuccessfulness
- shortcoming
- breakdown
- defeat
- ruin
- disaster
- death
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "tiwas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adjective
tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)
- having the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)
- Synonyms: liblib, tikwas
Derived terms
Noun
tiwás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜐ᜔)
- act of tilting the rear end higher than the front (instead of being level)
- Synonyms: tikwas, pagtikwas
- state of imbalance
- Synonym: pagkadi-timbang
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