The timawa were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the uripon (commoners, serfs , and slaves) but below the tumao (royal nobility ) in the Visayan social hierarchy.

到了17世紀，西班牙詞典現在錯誤地將timawa定義為libres（自由人）和libertos（自由民），並將他們與plebeyos（“平民”）第三等和tungan tawo（字面意思為“中間人”，中產階級）等同起來。

2023年9月29日 · The Timawa Class was a feudal warrior class in ancient Visayan societies. They were considered higher than commoners but below the royal nobility. The term “Timawa” initially referred to the noble class but later came to mean “freemen” during the Spanish conquest .

During Pre-Hispanic times Filipinos can be divided according to these classes: The noble class called the Maginoo; the freeman class called the Timawa; the warrior class called the Maharlika; and the indentured class called the Alipin.

Timawa and Maharlika (Free Man) The Timawa were non-slaves who could attach themselves to the datu of their choice. They could use and bequeath a portion of barangay land, and rendered services and agricultural labor to the datu.

2024年7月24日 · Who Exactly Was Considered a Timawa? Think of the timawa as the “in-betweeners” of pre-colonial Philippine society. We weren’t born into the aristocracy like the datus (chieftains), and we weren’t enslaved (alipin). We occupied a space of social mobility. Here’s the key thing about us timawa: Freedom Was Our Jam: The number one ...

Gayunman, sa wika ngayon ay nagbago ang kahulugan ng timawà. Pang- uri ito ngayon para sa tao na matakaw at parang gutóm na gutóm. Marahil, bunga ito ng pangyayari na noong panahon ng Español ay nalansag ang sinaunang kaayusang panlipunan. Sa pangyayaring ito, nawalan ng halaga at hanapbuhay ang mga timawa at naging pakainin ng lipunan.

timawa. peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet. timawa free / liberated. timawain to free, liberate. timawain tranquilize, make tranquil. timawain ang alipin to emancipate or free a slave. timawà someone not enslaved. timawà “freeman”

2016年2月24日 · The Timawa were the privileged intermediate class of ancient Visayan society, in between the uripon (commoners, serfs, and slaves) and the tumao (royal nobility). They were originally descendants or illegitimate children of the datu by commoner wives or uripon concubines, or the illegitimate children of the binokot princesses.

2023年10月29日 · As the timawa are neither slaves to an amo, nor are they chiefs like the datu, who are slaves to their own people, the timawa are the class that reign as free. Muzones believed that if all are given the opportunity to become the timawa class, by means of a militant project to educate the masses, there may be freedom from poverty.