Yakan - kawul

kawul

Demand (unreasonable), request, imposition; behavior.

Sometimes used as a short form of kawul-pi'il ‘behavior’.

That child is naughty; he makes many demands.

One can’t sew a blouse for that woman unless it is very good; she makes many demands.

Ga' ku bakas makalabey kuwe' kawul a'a iyan.

I have never come across behavior like that person’s (behavior).

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N-, mag-

To influence s.o. (to do s.t. by speaking to him); to suggest to do s.t.

Kinawul siye we' ku bino'o magsini.

I influenced them (and) took them to the cinema.

If nobody had influenced him he would not have stolen.

Kinawul-kawul ku pu'unku nangkew.

I was influenced; that’s why I stole.

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