tawa

[ tah-wuh ]

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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.

tawa

/ ˈtɑːwə /

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

Origin of tawa¹

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

Origin of tawa¹

Māori

In this division they keep a small interval called Tawa in which they do not use the breadfruit.

Tawa′lĭ-ukwanûñ′tĭ—“Punk-plugged-in,” from tawa′lĭ, punk; the Cherokee name of a traditional Shawano chief.

To begin with, they had to make the slender bird spears, thirty feet long, out of the light wood of the tawa tree.

I E sawa genitive of sa, ta reflexive possessive for all persons; Dak tawa the same, also ta.

His red brethren, the chiefs of the Shawanoes at Tawa town, would not listen to him, but persecuted him.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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