Meaning of lawig

navigate

voyage

v. 1. pasture livestock. Ilawig ang kábaw sa lagúna, Pasture the carabao in the meadow; 1a. give an additional length of line. Lawigi ang tugut sa tabánug, Pay out more string to the kite. Lawigi ang kábaw arun daghan ang masabsab, Give the carabao more rope so that it can graze over a wide area; 1b. tie an anchor to a boat. Lawigi ang sakayan arun dì madala sa sulug, Keep the boat anchored so the current won’t carry it away; 2. sail. Naglawig na ang barku pagdasmag sa unus, The boat was on the high seas when a storm hit us. Kadagátan nga gilawigan sa barku, The seas the ship sailed across; 2a. travel in general. Bag-u ka pa gánì nahiulì mulawig na pud ka? You have just arrived and now you are going to take another trip? n. 1. cord tied to something; 1a. anchor rope; 1b. tether rope; 1c. cord wound around the neck. Taas ug lawig ang íyang pag-antus, She has a long chain of suffering tied around her neck; 2. tentacles. -an place something is tethered. -l-an(←) n. province (lit. place one sails to). -um-(←) n. a slender thread which, in folk belief, attaches the placenta (inunlan) to the womb (matris) s.w. in the vicinity of the umbilical cord (púsud) and is the passageway for food from the mother to the baby. The lumáwig is considered very delicate, and if there is intense bleeding during childbirth it is believed due to a rupture of the lumáwig; v. have one’s lumáwig ruptured and then suffer intense bleeding.