Meaning of térsya

térsya

Hiligaynon

(Sp. tercia, terciar) The third part, one third; to divide by three; to charge one third or even one half of the principal in interest; to go shares in such a way that one third goes to one person and two thirds to the other. Gintersyahán níya akó. He charged me 50% in interest, e.g. for every two bushels of rice supplied by him I have to pay him back three bushels. Gintérsya ko ang íya dútà. I tilled (cultivated, raised crops on) his land for one (or, as the case may by, by special agreement, for two) third (thirds) of the product. Tersyahón ta ang ganánsya sang áton balígyà. Let us go shares in the profit from the sale, I to receive one third (two thirds) and you to receive two thirds (one third). (see tátlo).