Meaning of áwà

A kind of fish.

Mercy, compassion, pity, commiseration, sympathy; to have compassion, to pity, feel for, have mercy on, be compassionate. Nagakaáwa, akó sa íya. I pity him. Ginakaawáan námon ang maláut níya nga kapaláran. We sympathize with him in his bad luck. Maáwà kitá sa íya! Let us have pity on him! (see ló-oy, mainawáon, maawáon, kaáwà).