gíyaw-gíyaw n Affixes subúng nat English A lot of excited noise. Cultural Note This refers to a large number of people making a lot of noise. The original meaning of giyaw-giyaw is no longer known. It may have been some kind of noisy bird or animal. The noise of the people is likened to that of the giyaw-giyaw. Example sentence Tagbanwa Ta'liban namen, subúng nat gíyaw-gíyaw i tingeg it mga taw nga mamagbulang. English As we passed by, the noise of the people fighting their roosters was like a lot of excited noise. Example sentence Tagbanwa Subúng na|rng matúud it gíyaw-gíyaw i ining manga'wa' it mag'apun, ega nay te'yeng nirát kalabta'! English Those children have been really been making a lot of excited noise all day, there being no let up in their play! See alsotigdaw