"Habwa" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
hábwà - To seize—, grasp—, take—, grab—,
much of, be eager to get, scramble or make
for, make a run at, struggle to obtain, rush
upon. Ginhábwà lang níla ang kárne sa
ilihawán, ang humáy sa alányan, etc.
They rushed upon the meat at the
butcher’s, upon the rice in the harvest-field,
etc. Indì kamó maghábwà sang tinápay—
or—índì nínyo paghabwaón ang tinápay.
Don’t make such a scramble for the bread.
Diín siá nakahábwà sing pílak kay
manggaránon siá karón? Where did he
pick up the money, for he is rich now? (cf.
káka, kúhà, ágaw, típon, karipón).
habwà, habwas v [A; a] {1} remove s.t.
from a place, esp.
from a container without tipping it.
Habwáa ang kargamintu sa trák, Take the cargo out of the truck.
Bagul lay ihabwà sa túbig, Use a coconut shell to bail the water out.
{2} ang kináun v [A2P; c1] cause to vomit (remove what one ate from his stom-ach).
Habwáun (ihabwà) giyud ang átung kináun ug musakay tas barku ug tinghangin, You surely will vomit if you sail in stormy weather.
{3} [B124; b2] go away from s.w.
in large numbers.
Nahabwà ming tanan ngadtu sa lungsud dihang may naghuramintádu, We left the village and took refuge in town when s.
o.
ran amok.
Nahabwaan na mi sa balay, Only a few of us are left at home.
This is the strange life of books that you enter along as a writer, mapping an unknown territory that arises as you travel. If you succeed in the voyage, others enter after, one at a time, also alone, but in communion with your imagination, traversing your route. Books are solitudes where we meet.
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