"Intawun" is a word in CEBUANO

intáwun short form: táwun.
{1} particle expressing or asking for pity.
{1a} in statements.
Daghan táwun ang namatay didtu, A lot of people died in that place.
Mu man nà táwuy ákung panginabúhì, Thats what we live from, poor us.
{1b} with im-peratives: please, have mercy.
Iúlì intáwun nà sa labing madalì, Please return that at the earliest possible time.
{2} expressing humility: I dont necessarily deserve s.t.
good.
Nahinumdum táwun siya nákù, He remembers me (though I am not impor-tant enough to be remembered).
Nakadaug táwun ku, I won just by luck.
{2a} with statement praising oneself, expressing humility.
Kamau táwun ku ánà uy, I know how to do that.
(I dont think Im great guns, but I do know how to do it.
) {2b} with statements that a catastrophe hasnt happened: through the mercy of the Lord.
Wà táwun mi hitabuig iltur, We havent been hit by El Tor, thank God.
{3} with a sharp denial, taking the sting out of the denial.
Anak nu ka sa gawas ni Pidru.
Dílì, tawun uy, They say youre Pedros illegitimate son.
Good heav-ens, no!
(Have mercy, dont think of that.
) paN-v [A2S; b6] say intáwun.
Nagpangintawun siya nga nanghulam nákù ug kwarta, He kept on saying poor me as he was borrowing the money.