| WMP | ||
| Casiguran Dumagat | táwas | a type of divination or augury (done by breaking an egg in a glass of water, to find out who or what has caused a sickness) |
| Pangasinan | táwas | performance of ritual designed to cure sickness |
| Ilokano | táwas | alum, alum powder |
| Sambal (Botolan) | táwas | a way of determining sickness using oil and leaves |
| Sambal | táwas | a way of determining sickness using oil and leaves |
| Tagalog | tawás-in | to burn alum together with some small article belonging to a sick person to determine (superstitiously) the origin or nature of his illness |
| táwas | alum | |
| Agutaynen | tawas | alum |
| Malay | tawas | crude alum (as used in the Malay pharmacopia); double sulfate of aluminum and potassium |