Meaning of taták

taták

Hiligaynon

To knock-, brush-, scrape-, shake-, off, as mud from the boots, earth from a shovel, ash from the point of a cigar, etc. Tataká ang kán-on sa túbò. Shake the rice off the bamboo plate. Gintaták níya ang balás sa íya kálò. He shook the sand off his hat. Tatakí sang ímo abáno ang bulutángan sang abó. Knock the ash of your cigar into the ash-tray. Nagsulúd siá sa kwárto nga walâ gánì magtaták sang lúnang sa íya sapátos. He entered the room without so much as scraping (knocking, shaking) the mud off his boots. (see pípi, píphi, púlpug, tapí).