Mapun - tawom

tawom

The sharpness (of things as a knife, machete, pencil, ones' mind, one's tongue, etc.).

The sharpess of this machete has lasted a long time.

Sharp.

Paayad-ayad ko makoy bari' tawom, maha ko bakat.

Be careful when you use a sharp machete lest you get cut.

ma-

pa--un

To sharpen s.t.

Soy bay matawom pinsil ku?

Who sharpened my pencil?

ma--redup

pa--redup-un

(Used figuratively meaning) to encourage s.o. (to do s.t. negative).

Bong ya ya' bay pinatawom-tawom me' nu ya' taabut me' kami sasa'.

If you hadn't enouraged him we wouldn't have had an argument.