gumawa-gawa

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Tagalog

Etymology

From gawa-gawa +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡumaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/
    • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ɡumaˌwa(ʔ) ɡaˈwaʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: gu‧ma‧wa-ga‧wa

Verb

gumawâ-gawâ (complete gumawa-gawa, progressive gumagawa-gawa, contemplative gagawa-gawa, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜋᜏᜄᜏ)

  1. to make up; to fabricate (stories)
    Mukhang gumagawa-gawa lang ng tsismis ang mga dyaryo e.
    It looks like the newspaper was just making the gossip up.
  2. to do as a test; to do idly or without a definite aim
    Gumagawa-gawa lang ako ng disenyo na baka puwedeng imprentahin sa damit.
    I'm just making a design that could maybe get printed onto a shirt.
  3. complete aspect of gumawa-gawa

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