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awang₁
/ʔawaŋ/
adj_rt.
“clear”

1.
adj.
(maawang, mA1-) clear e.g., of a grassy area when the grass is cut, or of the sky when there are no clouds
malepet ded ka hilamunen
Maawang e ka dalan ney su migkametan te amey ney.
Our path is already clear because our father weeded it.
Eng. clear; cut; weeded
OCM: Tillage (241), Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Cut grass (6.2.4.1), Cloud (1.1.3.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

v.
for a place or area (egmaawang, migmaawang/immaawang, theme, eg-mA1-) to be clear with weeds or anything disturbance of sight; clear sky
Eng. clear, to be
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

2.
n.
(aw-awangan/kawkawangan/kankanawan, rdpCVC–an) the clear sky (when there are no clouds); the space between earth and heaven
seini ka taliwarè te langit wey tanè.
Ka eriplanu, seeyè egbayyè te aw-awangan.
The airplane is passing in the sky.
Kenè dè egpekeuma ka eriplanu ne eglayang seeyè te aw-awangan te langit wey tanè, su nasayep ka pilutu.
The airplane could not not reach the space between earth and heaven because the pilot was wrong.
Cult. before the langit
Eng. sky; atmosphere; air; space between earth and heaven
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: Air (1.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,RMU,RUL,NJK,RJH
Last updated: 11/Sep/2013

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"Maawang" in song "Mateles ne marusilem"

"Maawang" in song "Mateles ne marusilem"

"maawang" in song "Salig ki re"