YAWA
YAWA is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
yáwà n {1} devil.
{2} devilish person.
Ag yáwà, mudáyig nímu sa atubángan unyà manglibak sa luyu, The devil praises you to your face but behind your back she stabs you.
exclamation (somewhat coarse): expression of anger, annoyance, frustration.
Yáwà!
Pukáwun ta áning maáyung pagkahinánuk!
Hell!
I was just sleeping nicely, too!
litsing expression of extreme irrita-tion or frustration.
Litsing yáwà.
Ímu na pud nang gibálì, God damn!
You broke it again!
ra {1a} expression of strong disbelief.
Yáwà ra.
Dì giyud nà musalir, Hell!
Thats not going to work.
{1b} expression of surprise at s.t.
found out.
Yáwà ra!
Tinúud ba nga gitirúhan ang Prisidinti?
Really!
You mean they shot the President?
{2} in exclamations at s.t.
surprising.
Yáwang nindúta ning ímung balay, Siyung!
Jesus!
What beautiful house you have, Siong!
{3} pause word used when one cannot find the right term.
Kanang yáwang, kuan, unsingálan .
.
.
, That damn, what do you call it?
v [B1256] be in or caught in a bad situation.
Nayáwà na ta áni nga nahutdag gasulína nga layù sa istasyunan, We are in for it running out of gas far from the station.
() v {1} [b5] castigate severely, get hell.
Yawaun (yawaan) ka run nákù ug dílì mu pasagdan nang makinilya, You will get hell from me if you dont let that typewriter alone.
{2} [b4] be inspired by the devil.
Ayaw pagdúwà ug kutsilyu kay tingálig mayawaan ka, Dont play with the knife.
The devil might inspire you (to harm s.
o.
with it).
{2a} [b4] be possessed of a blinding and uncon-trollable fury.
Sa íyang kasukù giyawaan siya, He was possessed of a blinding, uncontrollable anger.
{3} [AB126] ruin, cause to flop; be ruined.
Mga dúlun nga muyawà sa tanum, Locusts that utterly destroy a crop.
yawàyawà v {1} [B1256] be, become a hell.
Nayawàyawà ang ílang pagpuyù tungud sa pagkabisyúsu sa íyang bána, Their home life has become miserable because of the husbands excessive indulgence in vice.
{2} [b4] be made devil-ish.
Párì ang maghingílin sa panúway sa táwu nga yawàyawaan, A priest exorcises evil spirits from a persons body.
kayawàyawà v [A13] be somewhat spoiled.
Nagkayawàyawà ang átung pan- galígù kay nakalimtan ang sud-an, Our picnic was kind of spoiled because we forgot the food.
yawan-un a devilishly evil, diaboli-cal.
Yawan-un nga mga panghunàhúnà, Diabolical thoughts.
v [B12] be, become diabolical.
{2} devilish person.
Ag yáwà, mudáyig nímu sa atubángan unyà manglibak sa luyu, The devil praises you to your face but behind your back she stabs you.
exclamation (somewhat coarse): expression of anger, annoyance, frustration.
Yáwà!
Pukáwun ta áning maáyung pagkahinánuk!
Hell!
I was just sleeping nicely, too!
litsing expression of extreme irrita-tion or frustration.
Litsing yáwà.
Ímu na pud nang gibálì, God damn!
You broke it again!
ra {1a} expression of strong disbelief.
Yáwà ra.
Dì giyud nà musalir, Hell!
Thats not going to work.
{1b} expression of surprise at s.t.
found out.
Yáwà ra!
Tinúud ba nga gitirúhan ang Prisidinti?
Really!
You mean they shot the President?
{2} in exclamations at s.t.
surprising.
Yáwang nindúta ning ímung balay, Siyung!
Jesus!
What beautiful house you have, Siong!
{3} pause word used when one cannot find the right term.
Kanang yáwang, kuan, unsingálan .
.
.
, That damn, what do you call it?
v [B1256] be in or caught in a bad situation.
Nayáwà na ta áni nga nahutdag gasulína nga layù sa istasyunan, We are in for it running out of gas far from the station.
() v {1} [b5] castigate severely, get hell.
Yawaun (yawaan) ka run nákù ug dílì mu pasagdan nang makinilya, You will get hell from me if you dont let that typewriter alone.
{2} [b4] be inspired by the devil.
Ayaw pagdúwà ug kutsilyu kay tingálig mayawaan ka, Dont play with the knife.
The devil might inspire you (to harm s.
o.
with it).
{2a} [b4] be possessed of a blinding and uncon-trollable fury.
Sa íyang kasukù giyawaan siya, He was possessed of a blinding, uncontrollable anger.
{3} [AB126] ruin, cause to flop; be ruined.
Mga dúlun nga muyawà sa tanum, Locusts that utterly destroy a crop.
yawàyawà v {1} [B1256] be, become a hell.
Nayawàyawà ang ílang pagpuyù tungud sa pagkabisyúsu sa íyang bána, Their home life has become miserable because of the husbands excessive indulgence in vice.
{2} [b4] be made devil-ish.
Párì ang maghingílin sa panúway sa táwu nga yawàyawaan, A priest exorcises evil spirits from a persons body.
kayawàyawà v [A13] be somewhat spoiled.
Nagkayawàyawà ang átung pan- galígù kay nakalimtan ang sud-an, Our picnic was kind of spoiled because we forgot the food.
yawan-un a devilishly evil, diaboli-cal.
Yawan-un nga mga panghunàhúnà, Diabolical thoughts.
v [B12] be, become diabolical.