"Lawig" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

lawíg - A length of rope, usually about ten
meters. Also verb. Ibalígyà mo sa ákon
iníng isá ka lawíg nga kalát. Sell me this
length of rope. Lawigí ang karabáw sing
kalát, agúd makahálab sing maáyo. Give
the buffalo a whole length of rope, so that
he may graze in comfort.

láwig - Length, long duration; to be,
become or make long, lengthy, protracted,
long drawn out, prolonged, especially of
time; to protract, prolong, drag on, last
long. Nagláwig ang ámon paglakát. Our
walk lasted a long time. Lawíga ang ímo
pagtoón, agúd mag-álam ka gid. Prolong
your studies so that you may become very
learned. (cf. dúgay; lábà).

lawíg - The umbilical cord, naval string.
(cf. púsud).

lawig v {1} [A; a] pasture livestock.
Ilawig ang kábaw sa lagúna, Pasture the carabao in the meadow.
{1a} give an additional length of line.
Lawigi ang tugut sa tabánug, Pay out more string to the kite.
Lawigi ang kábaw arun daghan ang masabsab, Give the carabao more rope so that it can graze over a wide area.
{1b} [A; b] tie an anchor to a boat.
Lawigi ang sakayan arun dì madala sa sulug, Keep the boat anchored so the current wont carry it away.
{2} [A; b6] sail.
Naglawig na ang barku pagdasmag sa unus, The boat was on the high seas when a storm hit us.
Kadagátan nga gilawigan sa barku, The seas the ship sailed across.
{2a} travel in general.
Bag-u ka pa gánì nahiulì mulawig na pud ka?
You have just arrived and now you are going to take another trip?
n {1} cord tied to s.t.
{1a} anchor rope.
{1b} tether rope.
{1c} cord wound around the neck.
Taas ug lawig ang íyang pag-antus, She has a long chain of su?
ering tied around her neck.
{2} tentacles.
-an place s.t.
is tethered.
-l-an() n province (lit.
place one sails to).
-um-() n a slender thread which, in folk belief, attaches the placenta (inunlan) to the womb (matris) s.w.
in the vicinity of the umbilical cord (púsud) and is the passageway for food from the mother to the baby.
The lumáwig is considered very delicate, and if there is intense bleeding during childbirth it is believed due to a rupture of the lumáwig.
v [b4] have ones lumáwig ruptured and then su?
er intense bleeding.