From root: uwi
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
pinauwi
pi-na-u-WI
sent someone home
Present (Incomplete)
pinapauwi
pi-na-pa-u-WI
sending someone home
Future (Contemplated)
papauwiin
pa-pa-u-wi-IN
will send someone home
Usage Note
Pauwiin is used when an authority figure, such as a boss or a parent, directs or allows someone to return home. It often conveys a command or a formal permission to leave a place and head to one's residence.
Examples
" Pauwiin mo na ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Send the child home now.
Literal Translation
Send-home you now the child.
" Kailangan mong pauwiin si Lito. "
Natural Translation
You need to send Lito home.
Literal Translation
Need you send-home name-, Lito.
" Dahil malakas ang ulan, pinauwi na ng amo ang mga empleyado bago pa man tuluyang bumaha sa kalsada. "
Natural Translation
Because the rain was heavy, the boss already sent the employees home before the street completely flooded.
Literal Translation
Because strong the rain, sent-home already by boss the employees before even fully flood on street.
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