Yakan - kawu-kawu

kawu-kawu

magkawu-kawu

To hesitate, to doubt, waver.

Magkawu-kawu ku malumengnganin kaw tekka bisitakun likutkun.

I hesitate to go out (lit. to be the one going out); perhaps my visitors will arrive after I leave.

Da'a ne kew magkawu-kawu, nuhut ne kew aku.

Don’t waver; come with me.

kawu-kawuhan

To be reluctant, hesitant, undecided.

Kawu-kawuhan ku magbella pina'ekka, kaw du kulang a'a.

I am reluctant to cook much; perhaps there will be few people.

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