PULAW

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

pulaw, púlaw v {1} [AN; b] stay up very late at night or the whole night through.
Nagpulaw ku sa bátà gabíi, I stayed up all night to watch the child last night.
Dì ku mupulaw (mamu-law) ug tuun, I wont stay up late studying.
Gipuláwan (gipa-muláwan) sa sastri ang ákung sinínà, The seamstress stayed up late finishing my dress.
{2} [A; b] keep a fire or lamp going the night through.
Magpúlaw ku arun dúna tay káyu kanúnay, Ill keep a fire burning so that well always have fire.
{3} [A3] for a feeling to be kept alive.
Ang tingúhà sa pag-adtu sa Amirika nagpúlaw sa íyang dughan sukad sa bátà pa, The desire to go to America has been kept burning in his breast since his child-hood.
() n = -an().
-an(), ka-an n {1} small lamp that is left lighted throughout the night.
{2} log that is kept burning day and night.

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