Meaning of hapaw

skim

v. 1. take the uppermost layer off of something Hapawun ku ang síbu sa sabaw, I will skim the fat off the soup. Íya nang gihapawan ang kan-un, He took the rice off the top; 2. pass lightly over the top of something Ígù lang mihapaw ang bála sa íyang úlu, The bullet just grazed the top of his head; a. superficial. Hapaw ang íyang katarúngan, His reasoning is shallow. -in- n. something taken off the top, esp. the top portion of rice or hominy.