"Hawak" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

hawák - Purlin, lath, roof-spar, rib,
stringer.

háwak - The waist, waistline; to grasp by
the waist. Hawáka (hawáki) siá. Grasp
him by the waist.

hawak
Definition: see hawak1 see hawak2

hawak1
Active Verb: humawak
Passive Verb: hawakan
Definition: (verb) to hold in hand; to grasp
2
Definition:
Notes:
Examples: 1) Humawak ka sa akin. (You hold on to me.) 2) Hawakan mo ang aking kamay. (Grasp my hand.)

hawak2
Active Verb: maghawak
Definition: (verb) to hold each other by the hand.
Examples: Maghawak tayong dalawa. (Let's hold each other by the hand.)

háwak n waist.
() v [A123P; a4] get backaches.
Hawakun ka kun magpúnay kag tikubù, You will be a?
icted with backaches if you are always bent over.
() n purlins, the beams in a roof run-ning parallel to the ridgepole which support the common rafters (katsaw).
v [A; a] attach, make into, use as purlins.
panig-() v [A2; c] stand with the arms on the waist as a sign of anger or superiority.
Nanighawak siyang nangasábà, She stood with her hands on her waist as she scolded us.
Ayaw kug panighawaki dihà, Dont you talk to me with your hands on your waist!
-an a fat around the waist.
-an() n waistline.
taga-() a waist-deep.
-un() a tending to su?
er from backaches.

háwak a having influence, pull in a place (slang).
Háwak siya dihà kay siyay intsards sa pirsunil, He has influence in that place because he is head of the personnel section.