From root: ginaw
Usage Note
Pagkaginaw refers to the specific sensation or condition of being chilled. Ang kanyang pagkaginaw ay dulot ng ulan means her state of being cold was caused by the rain.
Examples
" Iwasan mo ang pagkaginaw. "
Natural Translation
Avoid feeling cold.
Literal Translation
Avoid you the feeling-cold.
" Iwasan ang pagkaginaw sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
Avoid feeling cold at night.
Literal Translation
Avoid the state-of-feeling-cold in night.
" Dahil sa pagkaginaw na naramdaman niya kagabi, nagkasakit siya at hindi nakapasok sa trabaho kinaumagahan. "
Natural Translation
Because of the cold she felt last night, she got sick and could not go to work the next morning.
Literal Translation
Because of feeling-cold that felt she last-night, got-sick she and not able-to-enter to work the-next-morning.
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