"Gimaw" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
gimáw - The form pagimáw is mostly
used in the meaning of: to peer or peep
slyly or stealthily out of a window, etc.,
drawing back one’s head at once, if seen by
others. Nagapagimáw siá sa bintánà. She
is peeping out of the window, (taking care
not to be seen). Indì ka magpagimáw, kay
táwgon ka nga baó nga nagasálup sa íya
baláy kon makítà ka sang táo. Don’t peep
through openings, for, if you are seen,
people will call you a turtle withdrawing
into its shell. Ginpagimawán níya akó sa
gihâ. He peeped at me through a hole.
Ipagimáw ang úlo mo. Put your head out
cautiously and look about. (cf. tikâ,
língling, óplok, íplok, tíid, paníid).
gimáw - To stick out, project, protrude, be
visible, appear. Sa baláy ni Fuláno may
nakítà akó nga úlo nga nagagimáw sa
gawáng, ápang walâ akó makasáyod kon
kay sín-o yádto. At N.N.’s house I saw a
head at the window but I do not know who
it was. Sang ámon pagbalikíd sa bánwa
nga ámon tinalíkdan walâ na sing
pamaláy nga saráng námon makítà kóndì
ang atóp gid lámang sang kampanáryo
nga nagagimáw. When we looked back at
the town we had left we could not see a
single house, but the roof of the belfry was
still visible. (cf. gitíb, girím).
gímaw v [A; c6] {1} emerge, for a small portion of s.t.
to stick out above a surface or behind a concealment.
Migímaw ang simud sa mga isdà ibabaw sa túbig, The snout of the fish emerged from the surface of the water.
Ang mga turuk nang-gímaw na, The sprouts are pushing out of the ground now.
{2} come to light, be revealed.
Ang kinaíya sa táwu bísan unsáun pagtábun, mugímaw gayud, Ones true character will surely come out no matter how carefully it is concealed.
{3} [A2P] show oneself in a place.
Wà na mugímaw (mupagímaw) nang mangingilad, That swindler never showed himself again.
n visible portion of s.t.
partially hidden.
They tell me to be quietWhen I’d rather cause a riotAnd have everyone screamingOut their eccentric meaning.
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