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English
Noun
wakas
- plural of waka
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waˈkas/
- Hyphenation: wa‧kas
Noun
wakás (Basahan spelling ᜏᜃᜐ᜔)
- act of lifting someone's skirt
- Synonym: uklas
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *wakas. See also Javanese ꦮꦼꦏꦱ꧀ (wekas, “end; limit; last”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wakás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜃᜐ᜔)
- end; finish; conclusion
- Synonyms: katapusan, hangganan, dulo, kongklusyon, huli
- (by extension) death
- Synonyms: kamatayan, pagyao
- (by extension) consequence; outcome
- Synonyms: resulta, kinalabasan, bunga, kinauwian
- (obsolete) edge of a town
- Synonyms: dulo, tabi, gilid
- (obsolete) funeral rites; exequies (involving superstitious practices)
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Further reading
- “wakas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 184: “Conſumado) Vacas (pc) en todo o ſaientiſſimo.”
- page 316: “Exequias) Vacas (pc) que haçian eſtos aſus difunctos. Paſados algunos dias del entierro ſe juntauan los parientes en la caſa del difuncto, en la cual ſe mataua vn puerco de mas que todos lleuauan alguna coſa de comida, luego venia la catolonan que llamanan malimacar, la cual revoluia algodon a vna cañuela, en açiete la ençendia que ſiruieſe de candela, acuya luz eſtaua leyendo gran parte de la noche, y acabado deçia q̃ſe alegraſen q̃ ya el alma de a quel difuncto eſtaua con el Bathala, luego comian haſta caer y eſte dia era como paſcua (necedades)”
- page 316: “Extremidad) Vacas(pc) o cabo.”
- page 408: “Mas) Vacas (pc) rico pobre o coſa en que ſe abentaja a otros”
- page 417: “Menor) Vacas (pc) de todos o el mas minimo”
- page 449: “Obſequias) Vacas (pc) que hacian eſtos por ſus difuntos.”
- page 456: “Orilla) Vacas (pc) del pueblo, lo miſmo es”
- page 493: “Poſtrero) Vacas (pc) menor o mas minimo de todos.”
- page 546: “Sapientiſſimo) Vacas (pc) en todo”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 610
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