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Word - rootword - affixes
kabakikaw - bakikaw - ka-~
ka.ba.ki.kaw. - 4 syllables

ka- = kabakikaw
kabakikaw

kabakikaw : awkwardness (n.)
bakikaw [ba.ki.kaw.] : awkward (adj.); graceless (adj.)

Derivatives of bakikaw


Glosses:
awkwardness
n. (cognition)1. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slownessunskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
~ unskillfulnessa lack of cognitive skill.
~ rustinessineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice.; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
n. (attribute)2. awkwardness, nuisance valuethe quality of an embarrassing situation.; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
~ disadvantagethe quality of having an inferior or less favorable position.
n. (attribute)3. awkwardness, clumsinessthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.
~ posture, carriage, bearingcharacteristic way of bearing one's body.; "stood with good posture"
~ gracelessness, ungracefulnessan unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression.
~ gawkiness, ungainlinessthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant.
~ stiffnessthe property of moving with pain or difficulty.; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
n. (attribute)4. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffnessthe inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
~ inelegancethe quality of lacking refinement and good taste.
~ woodennessthe quality of being wooden and awkward.; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
~ gaucherie, rusticitythe quality of being rustic or gauche.
n. (attribute)5. awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldinesstrouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
~ troublesomeness, worriment, inconveniencea difficulty that causes anxiety.
graceless
adj. 1. graceless, unpleasinglacking graciousness.; "a totally graceless hostess"
~ ungraciouslacking charm and good taste.; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior"
adj. 2. graceless, ungracefullacking grace; clumsy.; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"
~ awkwardlacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
adj. 3. gauche, graceless, unpolishedlacking social polish.; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
~ inelegantlacking in refinement or grace or good taste.