gumawa-gawa

Tagalog

Etymology

From gawa-gawa + -um-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡumaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/, [ɡʊ.mɐˌwaʔ ɡɐˈwaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧ma‧wa-ga‧wa

Verb

gumawâ-gawâ (complete gumawa-gawa, progressive gumagawa-gawa, contemplative gagawa-gawa, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜋᜏᜄᜏ)

  1. to make up; to fabricate (stories)
    Mukhang gumagawa-gawa lang ng tsismis ang mga dyaryo e.
    It looks like the newspaper was just making the gossip up.
  2. to do as a test; to do idly or without a definite aim
    Gumagawa-gawa lang ako ng disenyo na baka puwedeng imprentahin sa damit.
    I'm just making a design that could maybe get printed onto a shirt.
  3. complete aspect of gumawa-gawa

Conjugation

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