tawasan
tawásan with stress marks
to perform tawas on [someone]
From root: tawas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinawasan
ti-na-WA-san
performed tawas on
Present (Incomplete)
tinatawasan
ti-na-ta-WA-san
is being treated with tawas
Future (Contemplated)
tatawasan
ta-ta-WA-san
will be treated with tawas
Usage Note
Tawasan is the object-focus infinitive of tawas, used when the patient undergoing the alum-based folk-diagnostic ritual is the grammatical focus. It reflects the patient-centered framing common in Filipino healing traditions, where concern centers on the person being treated rather than the healer performing the ritual.
Examples
" Tatawasan namin ang anak ko. "
Natural Translation
We will do a tawas ritual on my child.
Literal Translation
Will-perform-tawas we the child my.
" Gusto ni lola na tawasan ang batang madalas lagnatin. "
Natural Translation
Grandma wants to perform a tawas ritual on the child who often gets a fever.
Literal Translation
Want , grandma to-perform-tawas the child often get-fever.
" Iminungkahi ng albularyo na tawasan ang sanggol upang malaman kung ano ang dahilan ng kanyang sakit. "
Natural Translation
The folk healer suggested performing a tawas ritual on the baby to find out the cause of its illness.
Literal Translation
Suggested by folk-healer to-perform-tawas the baby so to-know what the reason of its illness.
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