"Ligwat-Ligwat" is a word in HILIGAYNON
ligwát-lígwat - Dim. and Freq. of lígwat.
Also: to turn over leaves, or the like.
Ginaligwátlígwat mo lang ang tulún-an
nga walâ mo pagabasáha. You are merely
turning over the leaves of the book without
reading it. (cf. hítad, hitádhítad).
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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