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hawag
/hawag/
Pron.: hawag
adj.
“unsightly”
 
1.
adj.
(maawag, ma:wag) to not be nice to look at. e.g. a naked person
Ka maawag iyan sika se mareet ne egpitawen, kenè ne meupiya, kenè eggayyulan te insaluub din, te alut din, te bulbul din, wey ke kenè eggayyulan te minsan nekey.
Maawag ne egpitawen si Hisi ke malepet se bulbul.
Hisi doesn't suit her short hair.
Wrd.Gloss: unsightly
Eng. ugly; unsightly; not suited; unsuited; unsuitable
DDP: Ugly (2.3.1.8.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for someone (egmaawag, egma:wag, migmaawag, migma:wag/immaawag, imma:wag, agent, eg-mA1-) to become unsightly
Eng. unsightly, to become
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
2.
v.
for someone (egpaawag-hawag, egpa:wag-hawag, migpaawag-hawag, migpa:wag-hawag/impaawag-hawag, impa:wag-hawag, agent, eg><ø-pA-rdpRT-) to not have brought anything
Egpaawag-hawag e rè ka eggendiyè te kasal.
I didn't bring anything to take to the wedding.
Eng. don't have brought
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 08/Apr/2015