tawa

[ tah-wuh ]

/ ˈtɑ wə /

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noun

a large, round frying pan, usually flat or very slightly concave or convex, used in South Asian cooking: A small amount of batter is ladled onto a hot, greased tawa, spread into a thin circle, and fried for a very short time with oil or ghee until golden brown.

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Also ta·va [tah-wuh] /ˈtɑ wə/ .

Origin of tawa

First recorded in 1840–50; from Hindi tavā “frying pan, griddle”

Words nearby tawa

taverner, tavern nuts, tavern table, TAVR, taw, tawa, tawai, tawdry, tawheowheo, tawhiri, tawie

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How to use tawa in a sentence

In this division they keep a small interval called Tawa in which they do not use the breadfruit.
A Voyage to the South Sea|William Bligh
Tawa′lĭ-ukwanûñ′tĭ—“Punk-plugged-in,” from tawa′lĭ, punk; the Cherokee name of a traditional Shawano chief.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
To begin with, they had to make the slender bird spears, thirty feet long, out of the light wood of the tawa tree.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves
I E sawa genitive of sa, ta reflexive possessive for all persons; Dak tawa the same, also ta.
The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages|Andrew Woods Williamson

His red brethren, the chiefs of the Shawanoes at Tawa town, would not listen to him, but persecuted him.
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet|Benjamin Drake

British Dictionary definitions for tawa

tawa

/ (ˈtɑːwə) /

noun

a tall timber tree, Beilschmiedia tawa, of New Zealand, having edible purple berries

Word Origin for tawa

Māori

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