List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter T - Page 22

A bird, a kind of woodpecker.

The cue-rest (in billiards).

Smoothness, slipperiness; to be smooth, slippery, easy to swallow, etc. See tánlas. (see dánlug).

To know, understand, comprehend, grasp; to explain, expound, elucidate, mention. Makatalástas ikáw sinâ? Do you understand that? Talastasí siá sang nahanabô (nagkahanabô). Explain to him what happened. Iní nga tanán kag madámù pa nga ibán nga maláwig kaáyo nga italástas--. All this and many other things that would take too much time to mention (explain)--.

Administration, office, bureau, management, direction, governing (administrative) board. (see tátap, talatapón).

(H) Things to be attended to, business, duties to be performed, that is to be administered or taken care of. (tátap).

The third part, one third of a given standard unit. Pulakán nga talatlóhan. A measure containing one third of a gántang. (see tersyóhan, alapátan).

Arable soil, tillable land, ground fit for cultivation; good, fertile (of soil). (see umá).

Cowardice, pusillanimity, faintheartedness, timidity; to be or become cowardly, discouraged, skittish, to lose courage, quail, flinch, slink, cower, crouch, be cowed down, be timid or fainthearted. Nagtálaw siá. He became a coward. He winced, flinched, or acted like a coward (on this occasion, not having been a coward before). Nagpakítà siá sang íya pagkatálaw (pagkamatálaw). He showed, that he was a coward. Indì ka magpatálaw. Don't allow yourself to be intimidated. Don't lose courage. Ginataláwan akó sa íya. I consider him a coward. He appears to me to be a coward. Indì kamó magpakatálaw, kóndì magpakaísug kamó. Don't be cowards, but be brave. Ginhímò níya iní sa pagpatálaw sa ínyo, ápang índì gid kamó magpatálaw. He did this in order to make you fainthearted, but on no account permit yourselves to be discouraged. (see hádluk, ísol, patubalíng, paubág, pakitidalúm, paubús, dírham, kúlbà).

A coward, craven, dastard, recreant, poltroon; to show the white feather, show one's back, shake in one's shoes, draw back in a funk, be intimidated or cowed down. (see tálaw, matálaw).

That is to be-called upon,-summoned; citable. (see tawág).

A squeal; to squeal, squeak. See iwík, tarawík, etc.

(H) Sharpness (of a point); to be or become sharp-pointed, to sharpen a point. Gintaláwis níya ang dága. He sharpened the point of his dagger. Natalawísan akó siníng búgsok. This stake appears to me to be sharp-pointed. This stake is too sharp-pointed for me. Ipataláwis mo sa manugsálsal ang ímo tagád. Let the smith (Get the smith to) put a sharp point to your dibble. (see talíwis, taráwis).

Humorously used for matálaw, talawán-a coward, etc.

Stake, wager, bet, bettings; place where money is put down or paid in at gambling and betting; that is to be backed, that on which money is to be put, as on a race-horse, on a card, etc. (see tayâ).

A fabulous animal, an evil spirit that haunts forests and assumes at times the shape of a lizard (tambalihán) or the like.

(H) A pair of bellows, an air-pump, any instrument for causing a stream of air, as a tube to blow a fire with, etc. (see táyhop).

To smile. See taláihom id.

To go along the ridge or crest of a hill, mountain, etc.; to balance oneself in going along a ridge, in crossing a narrow bridge, etc. (see látay, táytay, panaláytay).

A ridge or crest to be gone along, a beam to be walked over in crossing a river, etc. (taláytay).