kaliwat
| 10:57 Jun 15, 2008 |
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| 4 +1 | nationality |
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| 4 | looks like/as if/ |
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| 3 | brood/offspring/descendant |
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| 3 | left and |
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11 mins confidence: 
looks like/as if/ Language variant: cebuano Explanation: Its Cebuano (Philippine dialect). |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1nationality Explanation: http://www.websters-dictionary-online.net/translation/kaliwa... |
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19 hrs confidence:
brood/offspring/descendant Explanation: In Ilonggo, kaliwat is "brood".... It could be "offspring" (the children)... or descendant. This term exists in Tagalog, Cebuano and Hiligaynon/Ilonggo. But I doubt "nationality" as its translation.... The context would really help. |
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726 days confidence:
left and Explanation: I'm not dialect-savvy as the others, but the most simple explanation for that is that it is a contraction. kaliwa + at = kaliwa't. it means left and. the only way to be sure if I am correct is to check the original text. if the word that follows kaliwat is "kanan", "taas", "baba", or any other tagalog word that denotes a direction, then it means "left and". |
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