gumawa-gawa

Tagalog

Etymology

From gawa-gawa +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡumaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡʊ.mɐˌwaʔ ɡɐˈwaʔ]
    • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ɡumaˌwa(ʔ) ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡʊ.mɐˌwaː ɣɐˈwaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: 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

Verb conjugation for gumawa-gawa
affix -um-
ᜓᜋ᜔
root word gawa-gawa
ᜄᜏᜄᜏ
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive
ᜄᜓᜋᜏᜄᜏ
complete
ᜄᜓᜋᜏᜄᜏ
gungmawa-gawa1
ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜏᜄᜏ
progressive gumagawa-gawa
ᜄᜓᜋᜄᜏᜄᜏ
gungmagawa-gawa1
ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜄᜏᜄᜏ
nagawa-gawa2
ᜈ ᜄᜏᜄᜏ
contemplative gagawa-gawa
ᜄᜄᜏᜄᜏ
magawa-gawa2
ᜋ ᜄᜏᜄᜏ
recently
complete
formal kagagawa-gawa
ᜃᜄᜄᜏᜄᜏ
informal kakagawa-gawa
ᜃᜃᜄᜏᜄᜏ
imperative
ᜄᜓᜋᜏᜄᜏ
gawa-gawa2
ᜄᜏᜄᜏ

1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog.
2Dialectal use only.