kakawasaan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cacauasaan, cacavasaan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From kawasa + ka- -an. Compare Maranao kakawasa'an (“wealth”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kakawasaˈʔan/ [kɐ.xɐ.wɐ.sɐˈʔan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ka‧ka‧wa‧sa‧an
Noun
kakawasaán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜏᜐᜀᜈ᜔) (obsolete)
References
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 458: “Paçiençia) Cacavaſaan (pc) ençufrir trabajos, abs) de cavaſa.”