"Awog" is a word in HILIGAYNON
awóg - A spell or enchantment believed in
by the superstitious, and supposed to make
one remain within a rather narrow circle,
unable to go far away; spell-binding. Also
used as a verb. Ginbutangán níya sing
awóg ang íya karabáw. He cast a spell on
his buffalo (so that the buffalo should not
be able to go far astray). Naawogán ang
makáwat. The thief had a spell put on him
(in order that he should be unable to
escape to a place far away). Naawóg siá
sang balíkbálik. He is bound to come back
again, he is forced to go to and fro, he is, as
it were, spell-bound and keeps returning to
the same place. (cf. lúmay, lumáy).
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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