mahikaw : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
mahikaw - hikaw - ma-~
ma.hi.kaw. - 3 syllables

ma- = mahikaw
mahikaw

mahikaw :	greedy (adj.)
hikaw [hí.kaw.] :	deprive (v.)

Derivatives of hikaw

Glosses:

greedy
adj.	1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile	immoderately 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"
	~ acquisitive	eager 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, wishful	having or expressing desire for something.; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
adj.	3. greedy	wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
	~ gluttonous	given 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"