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{{also|tāwas}}

==English==

===Noun===
{{head|en|noun form}}

# {{plural of|en|tawa}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aastw|wasta}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|ceb|ms|tawas}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ceb-IPA}}
* {{hyph|ceb|ta|was}}

===Noun===
{{ceb-noun}}

# [[alum]]

==Indonesian==
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===Etymology===
Inherited from {{inh|id|ms|tawas}}, probably from {{der|id|sa|तवस्|t=strong}}. Cognate of {{cog|tl|tawas}}. {{rfe|id}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|[ˈtawas]}}
* {{hyph|id|ta|was}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun|head=|pl=tawas-tawas}}

# {{l|en|alum}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Malay==
{{wikipedia||lang=ms}}

===Noun===
{{ms-noun|j=تاوس}}

# [[alum]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|id|tawas}}
* {{desc|ceb|bor=1|tawas}}
* {{desc|tl|bor=1|tawas}}
* {{desc|war|bor=1|tawas}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:PRPM}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|ms|tawas}}. Compare {{cog|ceb|tawas}} and {{cog|war|tawas}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|+<n^>|tawás<a^>}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# [[alum]]
#: {{syn|tl|alumbre|piyedralumbre}}
# [[practice]] of [[burning]] of [[alum]] [[crystal]]s with [[praying]] in [[quackery]] {{q|to determine the cause of a person's sickness}}
#: {{syn|tl|pagtawas|pagtatawas}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|tl|tawasin|pagtawas|pagtatawas}}

===Adjective===
{{tl-adj|tawás|b=+}}

# [[freed]] or [[saved]] from [[evil]] or [[misfortune]]

==Waray-Waray==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|war|ms|tawas}}.

===Noun===
{{war-noun}}

# [[alum]]