Mapun - kuwad

kuwad

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To exert effort to rise up (as from a chair, bed, etc.).

I'm not well enough to rise up because my body hurts inside.

kuwad-kuwad

(To do s.t.) with much wasted effort.

Ongoy ko kuwad-kuwad nabbong kayu mehe ka bari' tompo?

Why are you wasting much effort cutting down a large tree with a dull machete?

That guy is wasting much effort fetching water with a container that has a hole in it.