A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

Lawgaw tawhána puru lang sáad, He is no good. He is
all promises. {2} mixed up and chaotic. Lawgaw tung
iliksiyúna, dúnay pálit, The election was chaotic with
rampant vote-buying. {3} creating disturbance or confusion
in an otherwise orderly performance. Ay siyag
paintraha sa sáyaw kay lawgaw, Dont let him take part
in the folk dance because he tends to bungle. maN-rn
one who habitually creates trouble and confusion in
otherwise smooth and peaceful proceedings.
láwi, láwì n sickle feather, one of the long curved feathers
in the tail of domestic cocks. lawiláwi s.t. like a tail
feather. Lawiláwi sa kúgun, The flower of the cogon
grass. lawían, lawíhan n name given to fish of various
families that have filamentous projections, usually
from the fins.
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 gilaw-
igan 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 suffering 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 suffer intense bleeding.
lawiláwi n variety of croton (kalípay).
lawis n spit, a point of low land extending from the
shore into the water. v [B6] jut out. May unud nga
daw tudlù ang milawis sa kumagkù sa táwu, A fingerlike
growth is sticking out from the mans thumb. Nasungkù
aku sa naglawis nga kawáyan, I bumped my
head on a piece of bamboo that was sticking out.
Gibaligyà ang yútà nga nalawis sa kinadak-an sa yútà,
They sold the lot that was jutting out from the main