Yakan - libuwad

libuwad

To be a long way around, a roundabout way.

Bang kite hap Lamitan da'a kite amban Campu, iyu' libuwad.

When we go to Lamitan let us not go via Campo; it is a long way around.

Libuwad lān inin.

This road is a long way around.

pa-, mag- -an (repet.)

To make a detour; to take a long way around.

When we go shopping we make a detour via Badja, because the shorter way is slippery.

Ga' ne ku maglibuwadan duk ku mura tekka.

I don’t go the long way around so that I will arrive sooner.

N- -an

To give s.t. a wide berth (in order to avoid it).

Ga' jīpin palabey amban Sabung pegge' ngalibuwadan me' sundalu si lānin.

No jeeps go via Sabung because they give a wide berth to (avoid) the soldiers on the road.

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Hard-nosed, uncompromising (of person).

Gey ku mabaya' magbissā duk a'a iyan iyu' libuwad. Bisan du magtewwa' ne bissāhin ekka pe kawulne.

I don’t want to talk with that person; he is hard-nosed. Even when what is said hits the mark he still has lots to object to.

Hunit a'a miya'an bino'o magbissā pegge' libuwad.

That person is difficult to talk to because he is uncompromising.

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