UPAW
UPAW is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
upaw a {1} bald, lacking hair on the head.
{2} bald, devoid of vegetation.
Upaw nga mga búkid, Deforested mountains.
{3} infertile.
Upaw nang dáan ang yútà sa Marigundun, The land in Marigondon has always been infertile.
v {1} [B; c1] grow bald.
Naupaw ka sa hilabihang pininsar, You have grown bald from worrying too much.
{2} [c1] be, become denuded of forest.
{3} become barren, infertile.
() v [A; c1] make s.
o.
bald or s.t.
barren.
Giupáwan ku siya kay gikutu, I cut o?
her hair bald because she had lice.
bísan pag mangaúpaw come what may, by hook or by crook (lit.
even if I go bald trying).
Bísan pag mangaúpaw magdátù giyud ku ug mag-idad kug kwarinta, By hook or by crook Ill become rich by the time Im forty.
{2} bald, devoid of vegetation.
Upaw nga mga búkid, Deforested mountains.
{3} infertile.
Upaw nang dáan ang yútà sa Marigundun, The land in Marigondon has always been infertile.
v {1} [B; c1] grow bald.
Naupaw ka sa hilabihang pininsar, You have grown bald from worrying too much.
{2} [c1] be, become denuded of forest.
{3} become barren, infertile.
() v [A; c1] make s.
o.
bald or s.t.
barren.
Giupáwan ku siya kay gikutu, I cut o?
her hair bald because she had lice.
bísan pag mangaúpaw come what may, by hook or by crook (lit.
even if I go bald trying).
Bísan pag mangaúpaw magdátù giyud ku ug mag-idad kug kwarinta, By hook or by crook Ill become rich by the time Im forty.