ihawi
ihawì with stress marks
to part [it] aside
From root: hawi
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inihawi
i-ni-HA-wi
parted
Present (Incomplete)
inihahawi
i-ni-ha-HA-wi
is being parted
Future (Contemplated)
ihahawi
i-ha-HA-wi
will be parted
Usage Note
Ihawi is the object-focus conveyance infinitive of hawi, used when the hair, curtain, grass, or other material being pushed aside is the grammatical focus. It is common in both everyday and poetic registers — describing anything swept aside to reveal or make way for something beyond; the actor-focus partner is humawi.
Examples
" Ihawi mo ang kurtina. "
Natural Translation
Part the curtain aside.
Literal Translation
Part-aside you the curtain.
" Pwede mo ba na ihawi ang kurtina sa bintana? "
Natural Translation
Can you part the window curtain aside?
Literal Translation
Possible you to part aside the curtain on window?
" Maingat niyang inihawi ang mga sanga na humaharang sa daan upang makadaan ang mga batang naglalakad pauwi. "
Natural Translation
He carefully parted aside the branches blocking the path so the children walking home could pass.
Literal Translation
Carefully he parted-aside the branches that block on path so can-pass the children walking homeward.
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