awas Variant. uas Sense 1 verb English. Removes s.t. or s.o. in order to avoid what is evil or unfitting (E.g. remove seed rice from house of a person who may die, because, if the person dies with the seed rice there, it cannot be used.). Example sentence: Subanen. Subay mawas ita deli' dini, pu' sungu mateng su gupidisiun dini. English. We must evacuate temporarily, because the military operations are about to reach here. Sense 2 English. Having been drunk from liquor, becomes sober. Example sentence: Subanen. Miwasan nai kebuleken. English. He's over his drunkenness. Generic. awa'