Meaning of "alam"

alam •

n.
• • knowledge

adj.
• • maalam (ma-) knowledgeable, well-versed

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tell

v.
• • 1. to put in words, say: magsabi, sabihin
  • 2. to inform, tell to: magpatalastas, ipatalastas, pagpatalastasan, magpabatid, ipabatid, sabihin, sabihan
  • 3. to make known: magbigay-alam, ipagbigayalam, ipaalam
  • 4. to know, inform: malaman, mabatid
  • 5. to order, command: mag-utos, iutos, utusan, mag-atas, iatas, atasan
  • 6. to count, count one by one: magbilang, bumilang, bilangin
  • 7. to tell a lie: magsinungaling, magsinungaling, pagsinungalingan, magbulaan, pagbulaanan
  • 8. to tell the truth: magtapat, ipagtapat, pagtapatan, sabihin ang katotohanan
  • 9. to tell a story: magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, ibida
  • 10. to tell on somebody: magsumbong, ipagsumbong, isumbong

wisdom

n.
• • 1. being wise: dunong, karunungan
  • 2. knowledge and good judgement based on experience: alam, kaalaman, kaalaman, talino, katalinuhan
  • 3. wise conduct, wise words: kaalaman, karunungan, katalinuhan

inform

v.
• • 1. to supply with knowledge: ipaalam, magpabatid, pabatiran, ipabatid
  • 2. to tell: magsabi, sabihin
  • 3. to give notice of: magpatalastas, ipatalastas, magpabatid
  • 4. to acquaint with a fact: magbigay-alam, ipagbigay-alam

name

n.
• • 1. a word or words by which a person, animal, place or thing is spoken of or to: pangalan, ngalan
  • 2. a word that means any object, or any one of a group of objects: tawag, katawagan
  • 3. reputation: puri, karangalan, mabuting pangalan
  • 4. title: pamagat, titulo

v.
• • 1. to give a name to: magngalan, ngalanan, pangalanan, ingalan, ipangalan
  • 2. to mention by name: sabihin ang pangalan
  • 3. to give or know the right name for: alam ang pangalan ng o ang tawag sa
  • 4. to mention, give as an instance, cite: bumanggit, banggitin, tumukoy, tukuyin

notice

n.
• • 1. heed, attention: pansin
  • 2. a warning: babala
  • 3. a written or printed sign: paunawa, patalastas, pabatid
  • 4. telling that one is leaving a persons employ: paunang-sabi
  • 5. a written or printed account in a newspaper: balita, pahayag, paunawa, patalastas

v.
• • 1. to give attention to, see: pumansin, mapansin, pansinin, pumuna, mapuna, punahin, umino, maino, inuhin
  • 2. to give notice that one will leave ones employ, etc.: magbigay-alam or magsabi

sensible

adj.
• • 1. having good sense, showing good judgment, wise: makatwiran, may katwiran, may sentido komun, marunong, matalino, matino
  • 2. aware, conscious: alam, nalalaman, nadarama, batid, nababatid
  • 3. that can be noticed: mapapansin, kapansin-pansin, nakikita, halatain, kapuna-puna

communication

n.
• • giving information: pagpapahatid ng balita, pagbabalita, pagbibigay-alam, pagpapatalastas

public

adj.
• • 1. of the people: ng madla, ng publiko
  • 2. belonging to the people: pambayan, ng bayan
  • 3. for the people, serving the people: panlahat, pangkalahatan, pangmadla, pambayan, pangmamamayan
  • 4. known to many or all: hayag, kalat, alam ng lahat

n.
• • 1. all the people: mga tao, taong-bayan, madla, masa
  • 2. in public, publicly, openly, not in private or secretly: hayagan, lantaran

set

v.
• • 1. to put in some place, put, place: maglagay, ilagay, lagyan
  • 2. to arrange, put in proper order: mag-ayos, ayusin, iayos, isaayos, maghanda, ihanda, mag-areglo, aregluhin
  • 3. to become fixed, become firm or hard: tumigas, manigas, maging matigas, mabuo, mamuo
  • 4. to go down, sink: lumubog
  • 5. to begin to move, start: magsimula, simulan, mag-umpisa, umpisahan
  • 6. to fix: magtakda, itakda

adj.
• • that has been set, fixed, arranged, formal: nakatakda, nakahanda, inihanda

n.
• • 1. group, things or people belonging together: pulutong, pangkat, magkakasama, huwego
  • 2. to set about, to begin, start work: magsimula, simulan, pasimulan, mag-umpisa, umpisahan
  • 3. to set aside, to put to one side: magbukod, ibukod, maghiwalay, ihiwalay
  • 4. to put by for later use: magtabi, itabi, magtago, itago, magbukod, ibukod
  • 5. to set down, to put down, deposit or let alight: ibaba, ilagay
  • 6. to set forth, to make known, express, declare: magbigay-alam, ipagbigayalam, magpahayag, ipahayag
  • 7. to start to go: umalis na patungo
  • 8. to set off, to cause to explode: magpaputok, paputukin, magpasambulat, magpasabog, pasabugin
  • 9. to set out, to start to go: umalis
  • 10. to spread out to show, sell, or use: magkalat, ikalat
  • 11. to set to, to begin: magsimula, simulan, mag-umpisa, umpisahan

understood

adj.
• • known: alam, nalalaman, batid, nababatid, talastas, natatalastas

out

adj.
• • 1. not at home, away from office, work, etc.: wala (sa bahay, opisina, atb.), nasa labas
  • 2. not burning, not lighted: patay
  • 3. not correct: mali, sala
  • 4. made known, e.g. a secret: hayag na, alam na
  • 5. into the open so as to be seen: litaw adv. 1. forth: palabas, papalabas
  • 2. aloud, plainly: malakas, maliwanag
  • 3. out of, not within: wala, nasa labas
  • 4. beyond the reach of: napakalayo, di maabot
  • 5. without: wala
  • 6. because of: dahil sa
  • 7. from: sa, mula sa

know

v.
• • 1. to know: alam
  • 2. to know someone: makilala, kilalanin
  • 3. to have knowledge of: malaman, mabatid
  • 4. to understand: umunawa, maunawaan
  • 5. to learn: matuto, matutuhan
  • 6. to let know: ipaalam, ipabatid, sabihin, pagsabihan, ibalita, balitaan

adj.
• • to be thoroughly familiar with: marunong, maalam

aywan

phrase.
• • be ignorant of something. Aywan ko. I don't know. [var. ewan] [syn. di alam]

ha

int.
• • interrogative meaning: What is it?, What do you mean?, What's that again? [syn. ano?, ano kamo?] part. interrogative particle meaning: Do you understand? [syn. Alam mo na ba, ha?] part. exclamatory interrogative particle with the element of surprise or reproach: Is that so? [syn. Ganoon pala, ha? So that's what it is, huh?]
  • 2.) ha! intj. (deprecatingly) So!, (reproachingly) So, that's it!, particle producing laughter (in series) Ha! Ha! Ha!

paalam

intj.
• • farewell (from alam)

v.
• • magpaalam (mag-) to bid goodbye. Magpaalam ka sa iyong ina. Say goodbye to your mother.