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Word - rootword - affixes
dawo - dalo - l/w~
da.wu. - 2 syllables

l/w = dawo
dawo

dawo [da.wû.] : greedy (adj.); selfish (adj.)
dalo [da.lû.] : greedy (adj.); selfish (adj.)

Derivatives of dalo


Glosses:
greedy
adj. 1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileimmoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
~ acquisitiveeager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
adj. 2. avid, devouring, esurient, greedy(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
~ desirous, wishfulhaving or expressing desire for something.; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
adj. 3. greedywanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
~ gluttonousgiven to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
selfish
adj. 1. selfishconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"
~ egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centredlimited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
~ inconsideratelacking regard for the rights or feelings of others.; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"
~ stingy, ungenerousunwilling to spend.; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
~ egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-lovingcharacteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
~ self-seeking, self-servinginterested only in yourself.
dalo
n. (plant)1. colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plantherb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
~ edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, tarotropical starchy tuberous root.
~ aroid, arumany plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
~ colocasia, genus colocasiasmall genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro.
~ cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taroedible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
selfish