duwa
Sense ps adj
English Two.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Sang pulu' baw duwa.
English Twelve (lit. ten and two).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Duwa|rng pulu'.
English Twenty (lit. two tens).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Kada kalasi, tag dúwa-dúwa i ikargu' mu.
English Of each kind, load each by
twos on board.
v
English To be two.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Basta tapis, egay maparagan mu nga ega dumwa|rng pulu' kayti.
English You won't find a native skirt that will
be less than twenty (lit. two tens) pesos now.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Subúk ega baytí dumwa|rng kataawan.
English It doesn't seem like there are
two people.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magduduwa kanyá.
English He|́bs almost
two years old.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nakadwa na.
English It|́bs been
two (days) already.
adv
kadwa
English Twice.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Kadwa na na'ulkusan si Linda.
English
Twice now, Linda has had still-births.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Kadwa kamí nga mapanaw.
English We made two trips (went twice).
adj
ikadwa
English Second.
Sense
v
magdudwa
Variant alam duwa
Affixes fixed form
English Don't know whether or not, itś not certain (of s.t. which could go either way).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Aken ngayáng uma, alam
duwa bayát ma'man ku pa', ka úngaytu nay aken ngaytúng ginawa. Da'nay gagayenan ya.
English I just don't
know
whether
or
not Iĺl get that field of mine finished yet because look at my state of health. It just doesn't improve.
Sense
v
dúwa-dúwa
Affixes mag-, -um-, -en, -an, ma-an
English To be undecided, of two minds.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Unu, katabus nay panaw mu dedelém? Ta'way ba'. Magdúwa-dúwa pa' baytúy pikir ku ka úngaytuy urán!
English Are you going to be able to make your trip tomorrow? I just don't know. I|́bm|r still undecided because look at the rain!
See alsoalab-alab
See alsoati-ati
See alsopikir
Synonym alang-alang
Synonym semen-semen
Sense
v
duwa-duwa
Affixes magpan-
English To repeat over and over.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magpandúwa-dúwa nay panda'ga ya ka ega mag'ireg.
English He is
repeatedly saying no because he doesn't want to.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Lamang magpandúwa-dúwa nay panda'ga ya temed binwat ya nga matúud.
English Even though he keeps
repeatedly saying he didn't, he did really do it.