"Alimpapaw" is a word in HILIGAYNON
alimpapáw - Superficial, on the surface,
not deep, not from the heart, hypocritical,
insincere, cool, merely formal; careless,
perfunctory, negligent. Abáw, alimpapáw
gid lang ang pagtúman mo sang ímo
katungdánan. Why, you are very negligent
or careless in the performance of your
duties. Alimpapáw lang ang íya nga
pagsímba. He goes to church only to keep
up appearances. (cf. halimpapáw,
salimpapáw, pakuláhaw).
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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halimpapáw - Superficial; careless, negligent; a hypocrite. (cf. alimpapáw, salimpapáw).
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