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tawe

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tawe

n. tatawe, tawewe: rapidity.
a. rapid.
v. to go quickly.
ex.
  • a tawe ra te bong!: how time flies!
  • ai matawe: fairly quick, fairly near.

tawe1

a. visible from a distance, standing out.
ex. tarere (for things at sea).
vc. katawea: to make..., to find.
fig. n.a. tawe: person abandoned, solitary.
see aweawe.