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gagwa
1
The center of something; i.e., a marked or unmarked point which is the center of an area, dividing it in two; a midpoint between the ends of something linear, as a board, tabla; road, wanti; a position between two people or things or two groups of people or things.
Inah'ūpa' din pihhu' an natīla hinan gagwan di dālan.
I came upon that money of mine that was lost at the mid-point of the road.
2
For someone or something (agent muɴ-) to position himself, itself (theme) in the center of an area, as a forest, village (loc ref), at midpoint of something linear, as a trail (loc ref); between two or more other people or things or groups of people or things (loc ref).
For one or more people or things (theme mi-) to be in the center of, at midpoint of, or between people or things (loc ref), as described above.
Nigagwah Bāyaw ay da'min Aligūyun hinan inumbunanmi.
Bāyaw went between Aligūyun and me where we were sitting.
For someone (agent) to position someone or something (theme i-) in the center of, at midpoint of, or between people, or things (loc ref), as described above.
For two people or things or groups of people or things (actor & theme; s actor maN- & theme) to bound one or more other people or things (loc ref -on) by being on either side, as for two people to bound a third, for two houses to bound one positioned between them.
gogwōon; mangagwa
Ginagwāmin Innāwan han ung'ungnga hi nalo'anmi.
Innāwan and I bounded the child where we slept.
-on: gogwōon
3
For someone (agent -um-) to cut off a small remuneration meat portion (theme) from a larger piece (loc ref -on) before the piece is divided among relatives.
gagwōon
-on: gagwāon, gogwōon
One or two men, not relatives of the one butchering, customarily divide the rump portion of a pig to be distributed to the relatives of the one butchering, bolwa. A small remuneration portion is given them for their work.
To be halfway along a linear stretch; to place someone or something halfway along a linear stretch.
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