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duwa
duwam, duwan, duwang
‘number’ two.
Duwa employs a nasal ligature with temporal expressions and certain other words.
Duwam bulan.
Two months.
Duwa deyng.
Two fish.
Duwang ginis.
Two kinds.
karuwahan
twice.
Mbal kow karuwahan nitilow.
You do not have to be asked twice.
karuwambilah
both.
This word can apply, for instance, to both hands, or to both sides of a family.
karuwa-na
‘ordinal number’ second.
magduwa-duwa
mag-, pag-, -han
idiom
to be half-and-half; to be fifty-fifty; hence, to be undecided; to be double minded.
Daa na kow magduwa-duwa, meyah na kow.
Don't you be half-and-half, you go now.
Iyan gih pagduwa-duwahan nu?
What else [causes] you to be undecided?
minduwa
twice; two times.
Mbal minduwa nitilow eh ku, magti "ahah"!
[You] don't have to be asked two times by me, immediately you [say] "yes"!
I don't have to ask you twice, immediately you say "yes"!
eh, ni-
to have anything done twice; to be repeated once.
Bang nipaminduwa na hatihan-na heka na mandusiya.
If [it] is going to be caused to be done twice now it means [there are] many people now.
If they are going to repeat it, it means there are many people who wish to participate.
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