lawa
/lawa/
Var. lawwa
n.
“body”

1.
n.
the body of a person or animal
Wrd.Gloss: body
Ka seini ne lalag iyan sika se langun ne pegkeetew nu apil e ka langun nu parti te pegkeetew nu. Wey egkaayun degma seini ne kehimtang te sabeka ne etew.
Menu-a ka lawa nu ra?
How is your health?
Memasakit ka lawa ku.
My body is painful.
Eng. body; trunk; human body
Tag. katawán
Ceb. láwas; punúan
Ilo.: bagí; puón ti káyo
Tigwanon: lawa
Binukid: lawa
Sarangani: lawa
WBM: lawa
Ilianen: lawa
Dibabawon: lawa
Cotabato Manobo: lawa
Tasaday: lawa
Cagayano: lawa
Kinamigin: lawa
Tagbawa: lawa
Obo: lawa
Proto: lawa
OCM: Ethnobotany (824), Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Body (2.1), Torso (2.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B

n.
(peglelawa, peg-rdpCV-) health
Eng. health
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

2.
n.
the trunk of a tree or the stalk of a plant; the (permanent) path of a river
Eng. trunk; stalk; stem
Tag. katawán
Ceb. láwas; punúan
Ilo.: bagí; puón ti káyo
Tigwanon: lawa
Binukid: lawa
Sarangani: lawa
WBM: lawa
Ilianen: lawa
Dibabawon: lawa
Cotabato Manobo: lawa
Tasaday: lawa
Cagayano: lawa
Kinamigin: lawa
Tagbawa: lawa
Obo: lawa
Proto: lawa
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: Parts of a plant (1.5.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

v.
for a sweet-potato (kasilè) plant (eglawlaween, eglawlawe:n, lawlaween, lawlawe:n, actor, eg-rdpCVC><en-) to produce luxuriant foliage (but little tubers)
Ka eglawlaween iyan ka malambeg ne pinamula ne warè behas iling te kasilè ne amana ne malapung piru warè behas.
Eglawlaween ka kasilaan ney sikan naa ka warè behas.
Our sweet potato plant has luxuriant foliage that is why it didn't yield a crop.
Eng. luxuriant foliage
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 29/Dec/2014