awak noun English. Waist (denotes lower back when used with sait “pain”). Example sentence: Subanen. Mendadi, dinaap nilan dayun si Embaung, iniketan nilan di gawak. English. So then, then they arrested Embaung, they bound his waist. Example sentence: Subanen. Ndi'u mekegaga mpanaw pu' mesaiti gawaku. English. I'm not able to go because my lower back is sore. Idiom: sait gawak see. sait