EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
To make someone go home; to send someone home...
hollow; empty inside...
guardian...
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FIL: Utusan o payagan ang isang tao na umuwi na.
EN: To make someone go home; to send someone home
What your boss does when you look like a zombie from too much OT (overtime). Or what you wish your host would do to the last guest at a party who just won't leave. 'Sige, pauwiin na natin si Tito Boy, mukhang naparami na ang inom.'
From pa- prefix + uwi (home) + -in suffix.
ROOT MEANING: going home; the act of returning home
The object of the verb is the person being sent home.
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🇵🇭 Maagang pinauwi ng guro ang mga mag-aaral dahil sa masamang panahon.
🇺🇸 The teacher sent the students home early because of the bad weather.
🇵🇭 Gusto ko na siyang pauwiin dahil hatinggabi na.
🇺🇸 I want to make him go home because it's already midnight.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.