LAWAS

LAWAS is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

láwas n {1} body of human or animal.
taput the clothes on ones back.
Ang ákung nasalbr sa súnug ang taput láwas, All I could save from the fire was the clothes on my back.
{2} the frame or main part of a structure.
Láwas sa ayruplánu, Fuselage of the plane.
Ang láwas sa angkla, The shank of the anchor.
{3} ones turn in a game where the players perform one at a time in suc-cession.
Sa bíku kamuy páris ug aku rang usa, apan duhay láwas ku, Itll be you two against me in hopscotch, but I get two turns.
{4} ug katarúngan body and reasoning, all one arms oneself in fighting for justice (as opposed to money, weapons).
Láwas ug katarúngan ang ákung iatúbang sa ímung lantúgì, I come here not to fight, but to talk it out (o?
er my reasoning).
{5} one who takes another persons place, performing his functions in his absence.
Ang kinamagulángang babáyi mauy láwas sa íyang inahang patay na, The eldest daughter took the mothers place when she died.
{6} tantamount to, as good as.
Sa pag-insultu nímu sa ákung bána láwas ug aku ang ímung gipasakitan, If you insult my husband it is the same as if you hurt me.
Bisag usa ray ákung anak, láwas gihápun ug tulu kay duha may ákung binuhì, I have only one child, but it is good as three because I have two adopted ones.
{6a} good for.
Miurdir kug pagkáun láwas ug tulu ka táwu, Ill order food enough for three persons.
{7a} physical strength, resistance.
Tungud niíning ákung sakit walà na akuy láwas nga ikatrabáhu, Because of my illness I do not have the strength to work.
{7b} ones single body, all that one has to dispose of in working (and no more).
Ug ákù ang tanan, unsa pa may ákung láwas?
How could I possibly do everything.
I dont have but two hands.
v {1} [B145] have a certain k.
o.
body.
Kaniadtu nagláwas sab kug sáma kalísun kanímu karun, Formerly, I had as nice a body as you have now.
{2} [A2; c] make a body for some structure.
Kining kahúya ígù rang makaláwas sa píkas kílid sa sakayan, These boards are only enough to make one side of the boat.
() n {1} internode, section of a plant stem between two successive nodes.
Tag-as kaáyug lawas kining ímung tubu, Your sugar cane stalks have long in-ternodes.
{2} strands of hair above the base.
paN- v [A] be in the upper part of the strands of hair.
Kasagáran manlawas ang lusà basta mamusà na, Usually nits stay in the upper part of the strands of hair when they hatch.
-in-, -in-() n in person, ones physical presence.
v [A; a1] appear personally.
Mulinawas pagsalída si Súsan Rúsis, Susan Roces will appear personally.
hi-v [ANC12; bN] have sexual intercourse outside of marriage.
Dì mahilangit kadtung manghiláwas, Those who fornicate will not go to heaven.
Dì ka makighiláwas sa mga way bunyag, Lie not with the heathen.
panghi- n fornication.
makighi-un a for-nicator.
-an() a physically well-built, stocky.
ka-an n the whole body.
paN- n health; general well-being of a person or animal.
tagi-, tag- n ones person, what k.
o.
body one has.
Náa ra sa tagiláwas ug makaagwanta ba sa bug-at nga trabáhu, It depends on the person if he can stand hard work.
lawasnun a pertaining to the body or flesh.
Lawasnun nga kalimpiyu, Cleanliness of the body.
Lawasnun nga kahínam, Desires of the flesh.

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