Pinoy Dictionary

makiling

Tagalog

adj. biased; favouring (US: favoring) one side too much

grano

Tagalog

n. 1. grain; cereal; 2. grain (weight); 3. pimple

I, me. Aku lang, Let me do it. Short form: ku. Adtu na ku (aku), I’m going now. ay — nímu expression of helpless frustration at someone’s incompetence. Ay ku nímu, undù. Mag-unsa man lang ka ug wà na ku, My God, son. What will you do when I am not around any more! tig-akuaku a. always say ‘aku’. Tig-akuaku ka man bisag dílì ka kamau, You don’t know how, but you keep saying ‘lemme’. ákù 1. preposed gen.: me, my. Ákung anak, My child. Ákung gibása, I read it. 2. be mine. Ákù nà, That is mine. Unsa may ákù niánà? What do I get out of that? v. become mine. Maákù ka na giyud, At last you will be mine. — na May I have to keep? Ákù na nang kindi, ha? May I have that candy? Ang — gud 1. what worries me. Ang ákù gud ug dì siya kaanhi, What worries me is if he can’t come; 2. all I am concerned with, interested in. Ang ákù gud nga makatinir kug pruyba, All I care about is that I can have proof. maakuakuun a. tending to want things for oneself. akúa mine as opposed to other things that are not. Akúa nà, That one (as opposed to the others) is mine. kanákù dat.: me. Ihátag kanákù, Give it to me. Nagtan-aw siya kanákù, He was looking at me. ku 1. nom. (short for aku). 2. gen.: see nákù. nákù 1. gen.: my, by me. Anak nákù, My son. Gibása nákù, I read it. — ug (short for gipakaingun nákù) I thought. Nákug muadtu ka, I thought you would go. 2. short for kanákù.

pigsat

Cebuano

squelch

kupras

Cebuano

n. copra, dried coconut meat; v. 1. make, get copra. Magkupras mig ipatimbang, We will make copra to sell by the kilo. Kuprásun ang kalubihan káda trimistri, The coconut plantation is harvested (made to copra) every four months; 2. get money from a candidate and then fail to vote for him. Gikupras lang diay ang salapì sa kandidátu kay napildi man, The people must have pocketed the money and not voted for him because he lost.

dani

Cebuano

attract

aghat

Cebuano

incentive

íro

Hiligaynon

To stand, tolerate, brook, suffer, be able to bear. Indì akó makaíro magkáon sang katúmbal. I cannot eat chili. Indì na maíro inâ. That cannot be borne (tolerated) any longer. Kaíro ka magsínghot sináng búlak? Can you stand the smell of that flower? Indì ko maídwan (for mairóhan) iníng bahô. I cannot bear this stench. (see batás, ántus).