yawa

yáwà n {1} devil. {2} devilish person. Ag yáwà, mudáyig nímu sa atubángan unyà manglibak sa luyu, The devil praises you to your face but behind your back she stabs you. exclamation (somewhat coarse): expression of anger, annoyance, frustration. Yáwà! Pukáwun ta áning maáyung pagkahinánuk! Hell! I was just sleeping nicely, too! litsing expression of extreme irrita-tion or frustration. Litsing yáwà. Ímu na pud nang gibálì, God damn! You broke it again! ra {1a} expression of strong disbelief. Yáwà ra. Dì giyud nà musalir, Hell! Thats not going to work. {1b} expression of surprise at s.t. found out. Yáwà ra! Tinúud ba nga gitirúhan ang Prisidinti? Really! You mean they shot the President? {2} in exclamations at s.t. surprising. Yáwang nindúta ning ímung balay, Siyung! Jesus! What beautiful house you have, Siong! {3} pause word used when one cannot find the right term. Kanang yáwang, kuan, unsingálan . . . , That damn, what do you call it? v [B1256] be in or caught in a bad situation. Nayáwà na ta áni nga nahutdag gasulína nga layù sa istasyunan, We are in for it running out of gas far from the station. () v {1} [b5] castigate severely, get hell. Yawaun (yawaan) ka run nákù ug dílì mu pasagdan nang makinilya, You will get hell from me if you dont let that typewriter alone. {2} [b4] be inspired by the devil. Ayaw pagdúwà ug kutsilyu kay tingálig mayawaan ka, Dont play with the knife. The devil might inspire you (to harm s. o. with it). {2a} [b4] be possessed of a blinding and uncon-trollable fury. Sa íyang kasukù giyawaan siya, He was possessed of a blinding, uncontrollable anger. {3} [AB126] ruin, cause to flop; be ruined. Mga dúlun nga muyawà sa tanum, Locusts that utterly destroy a crop. yawàyawà v {1} [B1256] be, become a hell. Nayawàyawà ang ílang pagpuyù tungud sa pagkabisyúsu sa íyang bána, Their home life has become miserable because of the husbands excessive indulgence in vice. {2} [b4] be made devil-ish. Párì ang maghingílin sa panúway sa táwu nga yawàyawaan, A priest exorcises evil spirits from a persons body. kayawàyawà v [A13] be somewhat spoiled. Nagkayawàyawà ang átung pan- galígù kay nakalimtan ang sud-an, Our picnic was kind of spoiled because we forgot the food. yawan-un a devilishly evil, diaboli-cal. Yawan-un nga mga panghunàhúnà, Diabolical thoughts. v [B12] be, become diabolical.