List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter T - Page 34

A kind of fish of considerable size and much esteemed as food.

To cry, weep, lament. Tinangísan níya ang kamatáyon sang íya ilóy. He wept for the death of his mother. Indì ka magtángis. Don't cry. Dáyon lang siá nagapanángis. She is always crying. (see hibî).

Pig-sty, inclosure or pen where a pig is kept for fattening and slaughter.

From tanók-to boil tubers, etc.

End, point, top, tip, extremity; to lop or cut off the extreme point. Tangkapí ang kawáyan. Lop off the bamboo. (see ótbong).

To arrange neatly, put side by side, pile or stack in regular order; a file or pile of leaves, books, etc.; pamphlet, magazine, copy or issue of a periodical, magazine, or the like.

To encompass, circle, encircle, circuit, make a circuit around, go round, span; to reach, stretch, come to. (see líbut, maglíbut, dángat, lámbut, lámpas).

The nape of the neck.

A stout strong piece of rope, wood, iron, or the like; anything giving strength or security; leash, rope, tether (for dogs, pigs, cows, etc.); fetter, shackle, gyve, manacles (for prisoners, etc.); strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat (for lunatics); to secure, make firm, tie or bind together, to leash, tether, shackle, fetter, manacle. Tangkolí ang kawáyan kag ipaánod sa subâ. Bind the bamboos together and float them down the river. Itángkol sa kamót sang buyóng iníng talikalâ nga salsálon. Secure the hands of the robber with this iron chain. Tinangkolán ko na ang karabáw nga índì na makabúhì liwát. I have now tethered the buffalo in such a way that it cannot escape any more. (see gápus, gapús, higót, gáid, góos).

To reach, get at; to be fit or suitable. (see dángat, dáb-ot, sángkol, ígò, ángay).

Any structure that gives support or strength, as a buttress, abutment, bridgehead, or the like. (see tángkol).

(B) Fool, idiot, ass, boor, boorish, uncultured, rude, stupid, ill-bred, ill-mannered. (see kólò, kalúndong, tampuháw, etc.).

A kind of vine whose leaves resemble those of the sweet potato and whose shoots are edible.

A cumulus cloud, a large pillar of cloud (a sign of coming rain); to gather (of clouds for rain).

The dents or small parallel slips of a weaver's reed; to form, make, put in the dents in a weaver's reed; to finish, end, close, terminate, complete.

(H) To look up, raise the head or eyes towards heaven, lift the eyes. Tanglaá ang lángit. Look up to heaven. Itánglà ang ímo mga matá. Raise your eyes. Tinanglaán sang íya mga matá ang íya maguláng (mánong) nga nagsákà sa matág-as nga káhoy. His eyes were raised towards his eldest brother who had climbed a high tree. (see tukyáhaw, tukháyaw, tangâ, bayáw).

A kind of plant whose leaves are used as condiment for meat, etc.

A nod, nodding, assent by nodding; to nod assent. The form tangôtángò is more used as verb. Natangôtángò siá sa ákon. Gintangôtangóan níya akó. He nodded assent to me. He gave me his consent by (with) a nod. (see tángdò, tándò, hángdò).

To be near, be at the side of; to attend to, attend on, tend. (see dangô).

Dim. and Freq. of tangô-to nod assent, etc.