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llaw
allaw
1
Day. Either a period from sunup to sundown or a 24-hour period starting at night and ending the following night. (Therefore, Sunday night to a westerner is Monday night to a Mapun).
Bay kami buwat dampong ngallaw.
We worked for half a day.

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

Ahad Sunday
Isnin Monday
Salasa Tuesday
Albaa Wednesday
Hammis Thursday
Jumaat Friday
Sabtu' Saturday
kaallawan
To be overtaken by the day (i.e. for the sun to come up when one is doing s.t.).
We were overtaken by the day at that all-night courtship dance.
mag-allaw-sangom sangom
Any day or night now.
Mag-allaw-sangom na takka Sinne'.
My mother will arrive any day now.
llaw-llaw
Every day.
He comes to our house every day.
llaw dambuli
The last day; the end of the world as we know it.
Mimon manusiya' hinukum me' Tuhan ni llaw dambuli.
All mankind will be judged by God on the last day.
2
The sun. [Mataallaw is used sometimes interchangeably with "llaw".
The sun is very bright now.
Ya' ku kapatong mataallaw sabap silaw.
I can't stare at the sun because it's extremely bright.
(For a place to have) the sun come up; having a new day dawn.
Mati' na kam sabap llaw na lahat.
Get up now because the sun is up now.
ma-
pa--un
To wait until the sun is up or until it is day.
Paallawun bi na do' bo' bi mole'.
Wait until the sun is up before you go home.
ma-
-an
pa--an
To expose s.t. to the sun.
Paallawan do' pawoy nu.
Put your unhusked rice in the sun.
mata-allaw
East; sun.
Luma' kami huwin pa mataallaw man iskul.
Our house is to the east of the school.
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