ごわす

auxiliary verb

to be; is

Kagoshima dialect equivalent of ございます, a polite copula. Used in place of です or でございます in Kagoshima speech.

See also: ございます

• こんにちは、お元げん気きでごわすか。

  Hello, how are you? (Kagoshima dialect)

• あんたが先せん生せいでごわすか。

  Are you the teacher? (Kagoshima dialect)