Meaning of tawa

tawa

Cebuano

a. jovial of face or visage. Ang táwu nga tawa (matawa) ug panagway, A person of joyful mien. ma- see tawa. ka-(←) v. laugh. Nagkatawa sila sa múut kaáyung sini, They were laughing at the funny picture. Gikataw-an ang bukidnun, They laughed at the bumpkin. Dílì ikakatáwa kanang hitabúa, That incident cannot be laughed off; n. laughter. hika-/haka- v. laugh despite oneself. Nahikatawa ku pagkadalin-as níya, I couldn’t help laughing when he slipped. kataw-anay, kinataw-anay v. smile at each other. hinga- a. gay, easily aroused to laughter. kataw-anan a. funny. kalataw-an n. laughing stock. kinataw-an n. manner of laughing. kataw-unun a. feel like bursting into laughter. mataw-ánun a. laughingly, jokingly. Mataw-ánung pangutána, A joking question.


tawà

Cebuano

n. kind of fishing with a drift line for moderately deep seas. A swivel is attached between the leader and the line which is in turn attached to a bamboo float having a coconut frond stuck into it as a marker.