kawakas-wakasan

• cauacasuacasan, cavacas vacasan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kawakaswakasan

From wakas +‎ ka- -an with reduplication.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kawaˌkas waˈkasan/ [kɐ.wɐˌxas wɐˈxaː.sɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧kas-wa‧ka‧san

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

1. the ultimate end; the final end; the very end

   Synonyms: kahuli-hulihan, pinakahuli

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

1. ultimate; supreme; extreme; greatest (or least); maximum (or minimum)

   Ako ang kawakas-wakasang marunong sumulat dito sa bayang ito.

   I am the greatest writer in this town.

   (literally, “I am the ultimate one who knows writing in this town.”)

   Ako po ang kawakas-wakasa't kahuli-hulihan ng mga kriyado mo

   I am the least and the last of your servants.

   Kawakas-wakasan ka ng dunong.

   You are the smartest./ You are the greatest in knowledge.

   (literally, “You are an extremity of knowledge.”)

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 1019
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1374
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (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.