Pinoy Dictionary

pagkakakilanlan

Tagalog

pagkakakilanlan v., adj. distinctive; characteristic

magpare

Tagalog

magpare (nagpapare, nagpare, magpapare) v., inf. become a priest

dayalin

Tagalog

(dinadayal, dinayal, dadayalin) v., inf. dial a telephone number

habágat

Cebuano

n. strong wind that hits Cebu from the southwest, common from June to September; v. for the habágat to blow. -an(→) n. southwest.

v. surface in the water. Ug walà mulutang ang bátang nalumus dílì untà makit-an, If the body of the boy who was drowned had not floated on the surface, it would never have been found. lutanglútang v. float freely in the water.

limbungan

Cebuano

cheater

langtung

Cebuano

n. the point in the tide where the highest level is reached and when it is about to start going out again. — sa hunas point in the tide where the lowest level is reached before it begins to come in again; v. for the tide to reach its highest point. Ug mulantung ang dágat muabut giyud sa ílang tugkaran ang túbig, At the highest point the tide reaches their front yard.

diskasyun

Cebuano

n. discussion; v. hold a discussion. Nagdiskasyun mi sa klási mahitungud sa liksiyun, We held a discussion in class about the lesson.

dulúm

Hiligaynon

Darkness, blackness, night, gloom, murk, dusk, obscurity, obfuscation, dimness, indistinctness; to darken, become dark, get-dusky,-dim,-obscure,-gloomy, to come on-night,-dusk, etc. Nagadulúm na. It is growing-, getting-, dark. Nagadulúm na ang kalibútan. Night has fallen. Padúlma (padulumá) ang hulút. Darken the room. Padúlmi akó. Surround me with darkness. Ang amó nga hitabô nagpadulúm sang íya painóíno. That event cast a gloom over his thoughts. Nalágyo siá sa pitípit nga dulúm sang kagab-íhon. He ran away at dead of night. Dinúlman (nadúlman) ang íya panghunâhúnà. His mind became clouded. His ideas grew confused. (see itúm, ilóm, girómgiróm).

hiliábut

Hiligaynon

(H) To reach, catch up with. See hiábut.

matúpung

Hiligaynon

Sometimes, but incorrectly, used as an adjective: Equal, level, on a level, of the same-, the same in-, uniform in-, size, capacity or power, but in reality only a shortened form of magatúpung from túpung-to be equal, etc.