talaw Sense v Affixes mag-*, -um-, i-, -an English To be cowardly, lose heart, give up in fear, be a spoil-sport. Example sentence Tagbanwa Tiyalawan nay wa'wa' ngayti. Ega na ireg yay kumalabta' ka diya'eg na. English That child was a spoil-sport. He doesn't want to play any more because he was beaten. adj talawan English Cowardly, timid, unsporting. Sense adj English Ineffective, no longer potent (as of medicines, yeast, dyes etc. which are old, past the expiry date).