kawawaan
kawawaán with stress marks
significance, meaning
Usage Note
Kawawaan expresses the deeper significance, import, or implication of something — the weight or consequence that a thing carries. It is a formal or literary word used in philosophical, theological, and academic discourse rather than casual conversation.
Examples
" Ano ang kawawaan nito sa atin? "
Natural Translation
What is the significance of this to us?
Literal Translation
What the significance of-this to us?
" Hindi pa niya naiintindihan ang kawawaan ng nangyari. "
Natural Translation
He/She has not yet understood the significance of what happened.
Literal Translation
Not yet his/her understood the significance of-the happened.
" Hangga't hindi mo nauunawaan ang tunay na kawawaan ng kasaysayan, mananatili kang naliligaw sa kasalukuyan. "
Natural Translation
As long as you do not understand the true significance of history, you will remain lost in the present.
Literal Translation
As-long-as not you understand the true significance of-the history, remaining you lost in-the present.
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