"Layaw" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
v. /-UM-/ to jump across (a place), to leap over (a place). /MANG-:-EN/ to jump, leap over. /MANGI-: I-/ to go across (a place) or to (someone) by jumping. /AG- + -INN- + R2/ [with pl. subject] to compete with each other in high jump. --syn. LAGTO.
layáw - To roam about freely, be out in the
open air, rove, stroll about; idler, loafer,
rover. Ang mga báka nagalayáw gid dirí.
The cattle are roaming about here quite
free. Ilayáw lang ang mga báka. Let the
cattle be out in the open air, let the cattle
graze or roam free, without tether. Layawí
lang sang mga báka iníng halálban. Let
the cattle rove at large in this pasturage.
Layáw gid lang siá nga táo. He is a mere
loafer. (cf. luyáw id.).
layaw
Definition: (noun) freedom
láyaw v [A2] for animals to roam about.
Muláyaw ang mga háyup nga buhían, Domestic animals stray if you dont tether them.
() n {1} animal that has been allowed to stray.
Kina-hanglang lamíngun ang manuk layaw kay langsag unud, You have to keep stray chickens and feed them special food before you kill them; otherwise they have a terrible flavor.
{1a} go-ing out when one should not be doing so, person that has been allowed to stray.
Madisgrasya giyud ang babáying layaw, A woman that gallivants about is likely to get into trouble.
{1b} o?
the mark, far from correct.
Layaw kaáyu ang ímung pan-gagpas, Your conjecture is way o?
the mark.
{2} for a mixture to be too weak in consistency.
Layaw nga pintal, Paint thats too thin.
{3} in phrases: ug dugù cowardly, lacking guts.
ug hunàhúnà given to sudden whims or fancies.
Way pundu ang táwung layaw ug hunàhúnà, A person who is given to sudden whims or fancies is unstable.
ug útuk a dull person.
Ang táwung layaw ug útuk gáhing makasabut, A dull person does not un-derstand easily.
v [B1] become a wanderer, one who gallivants around.
-an n open land where animals are allowed to roam and graze.
pina- a spoiled, left alone by parents to do as he pleases.
Way trabáhung makat-unan ang bátang pinalayaw, A spoiled child that has been left to do as he pleases will not learn a trade.
He was her moon. He balanced out her tides.
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