kawakas-wakasan

• cauacasuacasan, cavacas vacasan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
• kawakaswakasan

From ka- +‎ wakas +‎ -an with reduplication.

• Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧kas-wa‧ka‧san
• IPA^(key): /kawaˌkas waˈkasan/, [kɐ.wɐˌxas wɐˈxa.sɐn]

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

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

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 knowldege.”)

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• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1915) Diccionario tagálog-hispano‎ (in Spanish), Ateneo de Manila.
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila