pugawa noun English. Woof, crosswise threads in cloth, transverse strands in basket, horizontal strips of rattan or bamboo in items woven of such. Idiom: mpugawa dig lupa' English. “S.o. is woven of earth,” an expression meaning mortal and said to comfort the bereaved. Example sentence: Subanen. Kana' ta meliawi gumul, pu' puunanen, mipugawa ita dig lupa'. English. It is we who are not able to bypass our end-of-lifespan, because where it comes from is our mortality. Antonym. tindeg 3 Synonym. belabag