"Aliwana" is a word in HILIGAYNON
aliwána - Width, breadth, wideness,
broadness, spaciousness; to be or become
wide, broad, spacious, (cf. hanáhay, álwag,
lápad).
aliwánag – alóghog
aliwánag, Advanced dawn of day,
clearness, brightness, light diffusing itself
just before the rising of the sun. Also used
as adjective and verb. May aliwánag na.
The morning light is here already.
Aliwánag na ang kalibútan. The world (is
filling) is being filled with the light
preceding the rising of the sun.
Nagaaliwánag na ang kalibútan. The
morning light is diffusing itself over the
world. (cf. bánag, baná-ag, banágbánag).
Does drinking make you wittier? One might as well ask if witting makes you drinkier, which it may.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
banág-bánag - See banáag, aliwánag. Nagabanágbánag na—or—may banágbánag na. Day is now breaking. The morning light is glimmering.
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