taw
Sense
n
English Person; human being, humanity.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Malawas i mga taw du'ut Amirika.
English
People are tall in America.
n
kataawan
English An individual, single person.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Pirang kataawan i du'ut sakayan?
English How many persons are there in the boat?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Kada sang kataawan sangbat.
English One for each person.
n
katataawan
English Everyone, all people, humanity.
See alsosapag-
Sense
n
taawan
English Employee, personnel.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Dakel i taawan it iyang kumpanya.
English That company has many employees.
Sense
n
pagtaw
English Person.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Dakel nga pagtaw.
English Many persons.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Nagsubung i pagtaw mi.
English You look alike (lit. your persons are alike. Of unrelated people).
Sense
v
tawun i taw
English To do s.t. one on one.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega ba' atkayang kalabta'! Ka'ilangan tawun
i
taw isa'un madali' ma'agaw i bula.
English Thatś not the way to play! You must play one
on
one so that the ball can easily be gotten away.
See alsobatunggal
See alsoteped
See alsotunggal
Sense
v
Affixes mag-
English To *disappear with time without a trace (of wounds or skin blemishes).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nagtaw nagay biyungad-bungadan ngayan kanyat deke-dekeye' pa'.
English The sores he had as a little child have
all
disappeared
without
a
trace now.
Sense
v
Affixes mag-*
English To be *few (of people).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magtataw ga talagay magkaparay, ega mu'sang taw.
English They are really few who can grow much rice, not all the people.
Sense
v
Affixes mag-*
English To do incorrectly or inefficiently because of lack of means or skill.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magtataw na lamang baytu. Ega bay maski unu nga magka'rutan nga uba'ubat.
English I'm doing this inefficiently. I don't know anything at all about medicine.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega bayan magayey taw nga magtataw na lamang nga egay maski unu nga magka'rutan.
English A person isn't any good who does everything inefficiently, having no knowledge about anything.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ta atkayan na bay adung ka magtataw na lamang baytu. Ega bay maski unung kalalawayan ka mu'sa, ega na.
English Well weĺl just sit like this with me not
attending
to
you
properly. Thereś no tobacco or betelnut at all because theyŕe all gone now.
Sense
n
kinataw
Variant pagkinataw
English *Facial *appearance.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Kanya nang kinataw.
English Thatś how his facial
appearance is.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Unuka belag i pagkinataw yat giyaringan ya?
English Why is his facial
appearance different from his parents?
Sense
n
pamataw
English Oneś usual appearance, what is normal for s.o. (referring to oneś total appearance).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Iyan nay akeng pamataw.
English Thatś my normal
appearance.
See alsobilug
Derivative masigkataw
n
Note Fellowman.
Derivative magpangintataawan
v
Note To mix in with other people, join in a group.
Derivative taw-tiyaw
n
Note Just an ordinary person, nobody special.
Derivative pangataawan
v
Note To do all the work unaided; to be able to fulfill the requirements.
Derivative tiyaw-taw
n
Note Doll.