Search result(s) - mámaw

Elf, goblin, sprite, fairy, ghost, etc. (see mamamáhoy, tamáo, tumáo, kamâkamâ, etc.).

An evil spirit, bogy, bogey, goblin, hobgoblin, bugbear, bugaboo, a mischievous ghost. Karón ipadakúp ko ikáw sa máwmaw. Now I shall hand you over to the máwmaw. Halá, ára na dirâ ang máwmaw. Look out, the máwmaw is over there. (see mámaw; N.B. These terms are often used to intimidate or threaten disobedient children).

Saviour, redeemer, liberator. (see báwì).

The letter "B" in Visayan has the same sound as in English. Being a labial it has a natural affinity with "M" and if the prefix pan-is joined to any word beginning with a "b", that "b" is changed into "m", e.g. búhat becomes pamúhat instead of panbúhat; búnak becomes pamúnak and the verbal noun and adjective formed from the latter is mamumunák; báwì-pamáwì-mamamáwì, etc. Very frequently the prefixes ha- and hi- produce the same change, e.g. bilí-hamilí; búlbul-himúlbul, etc.

Redeemer, saviour, liberator, rescuer, deliverer. (see luás, mamamáwì, manunúbus).

Redeemer, saviour, deliverer, liberator. (see manlulúas, mamamáwì, tubús).