"Awat" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

awat ILOKANO

Definition:

v. /-UM-:-EN/ often /MAKA-: MA--AN/ to understand. comprehend follow. Indiak nga maawatan ti ibagbagam. I don’t understand what you are saying. adj. /MAKA-/ able to understand or comprehend things. -- syn. ALLAWAT

awat ILOKANO

Definition:

v. /-UM-:-EN/ to accept, receive, admit. Awatem daytoy supplim. Receive your change. /MANGI-: I-/ to deliver, hand over, give. Iyawat mo kaniana diay suppli na. Hand over to him his change.

awat CEBUANO

Definition:

awat, áwat v [A; ac] imitate, follow after.
Kusug kitang muawat sa múda sa mga kanù, We are quick to imitate American fashions.
Awata ang ákung linaktan, Imitate my way of walk-ing.
Iawat ang ímung linihukan sa ákù, Make your movements be like mine.

awat HILIGAYNON

Definition:

áwat - Of use, worth something, etc. See
yáwat. (cf. yádì, pangunyádì,
panginyáwat).

awat TAGALOG

Definition:

awat
Active Verb: umawat
Passive Verb: awatin
Definition: 1) pacification of quarreling people (noun) 2) to pacify a quarrel, to stand between a fight (verb)
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Definition:
Notes:
Examples: 1) Siya ang umawat sa kanilang dalawa. (He was the one who pacified the two of them.) 2) Awatin mo sina Teria at Violeta. (Pacify Teria and Violeta.)

awat CEBUANO

Definition:

áwat v [A; a12] part or disengage persons fighting.
Awáta sila kay magpatyanay unyà, Break them up because they might kill each other.

awat HILIGAYNON

Definition:

awát - Occupation, business, engagement,
work, anything that detains; to keep busy
or engaged, to hinder from doing or
attending to something else. May awát
akó. I have some task to perform, some
work in hand (and, consequently, I beg to
be excused). Ginawát akó níya. He kept
me occupied, hindered me from attending
to something else. Dî mo akó pagawatón.
Don’t hinder or interrupt me. Iníng
trabáho iawát ko sa ímo. I’ll give you this
work as an interruption to your present
engagement. Awatí sing malíp-ot nga tión
ang ímong buluhatón. Interrupt for a
moment your present occupation. Allow
your time to be encroached upon for a
while. Awát man lang inâ. That was only
an interruption, was of no avail, to no
purpose, was a complete failure. Indì ka
magkádto dídto, kay awát man lang ang
ímo pagkádto. Don’t go there, for your
going there will be only a waste of time. (cf.
kaawátan, mainawáton, libáng).

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