1. to get the meaning of: umintindi, intindihin, maintindihan, umunawa, unawain, maunawaan
2. to know well, to know how to deal with: makaunawa, maunawaan, makaintindi, maintindihan
3. to be informed, to learn: matalos, malaman, mabatid
4. to take as a fact, to believe: maniwala, paniwalaan
5. to supply in the mind: umalam, alamin, malaman, magsaisip, isaisip, masaisip
6. to understand thoroughly, to comprehend: tumarok, matarok, tarukin
7. to know: umalam, malaman, alamin
8. to realize: tumanto, matanto, tantuin
» synonyms and related words:
comprehend
v.
to understand: umunawa, unawain, maunawaan, mawatasan, umintindi, intindihin, maintindihan
impossible
adj.
1. that cannot be: hindi (di, di-) maaari, imposible
2. that cannot happen: hindi (di, di) mangyayari
3. not possible to use: hindi (di, di-) magagamit
4. not possible to be done: hindi (di, di-) magagawa, hindi (di, di-) matutupad
5. very hard to understand or get along with (coll.): napakahirap unawain
take
v.
1. to lay hold of: tumangan, tanganan, tangnan, humawak, hawakan
2. to seize, to capture: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakpin
3. to be seized or captured: mahuli, madakip
4. to accept: tumanggap, tanggapin
5. to receive: tumanggap, tanggapin, matanggap
6. to get: kumuha, kunin
7. to win: manalo, talunin, magtagumpay, pagtagumpayan
8. to choose, select: pumili, piliin
9. to remove: mag-alis, alisin, ialis, ilayo
10. to go with: magsama, ipagsama, pasamahin, sumama, isama
11. to carry: magdala, dalhin, maghatid, ihatid
12. to suppose: magpalagay, ipalagay, mag-akala, akalain
13. to regard, to consider: magpalagay, ipalagay, ipagpalagay, magsaalang-alang, isaalang-alang
14. to please, to attract: umakit, akitin, maakit, makaakit, magbigaykasiyahan, bigyang-kasiyahan
n.
1. amount taken, as in fishing: huli
2. amount taken as in gambling: panalo, panalunan, kabig
3. to take after, to be like, to resemble: magkawangis, makawangis, mawangis, magkatulad, makatulad, tumulad, matulad, magkamukha, makamukha or use adjectives: kamukha, kawangis, katulad
4. to take away: bumawi, bawiin, mag-alis, alisin, umawas, awasin
5. to take down means (a) to write down: isulat, itala (b) to put down: magbaba, ibaba (c) to lower the pride of: magpababa ng pagkatao (karangalan), pababain ang pagkatao (karangalan)
6. to take in means (a) to receive: tumanggap, tanggapin (b) to make smaller or narrower: kiputan (c) to understand: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin, umunawa, maunawaan, unawain (d) to deceive, to cheat: mandaya, dumaya, dayain, madaya
7. to take off means (a) to leave the ground or water: lumipad, tumaas (b) to give a funny imitation of: gumaya, gayahin, (c) to remove: humango, hanguin, mag-alis, alisin
8. to take on, to engage, to hire: umupa, upahan
9. to take to means (a) to form a liking for: magkagusto (b) to go to: magpunta, pumunta, magtungo, tumungo
10. to take up means (a) to soak up, to absorb: sumipsip, sipsipin (b) to make shorter: magpaikli, paikliin, magpaigsi, paigsiin (c) to lift: magtaas, itaas, magbuhat, buhatin (d) to undertake, to study: mag-aral, pag-aralan, kumuha, kunin
see
v.
1. to look at: tumingin, tingnan, magmalas, malasin, tumanaw, tanawin
2. to be aware of by using the eyes: makia, mamalas, mamasdan, matanaw
3. to understand: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin, umunawa, maunawaan, unawain
4. to find out, to think of: umalam, alamin, tumungin, tingnan, umisip, isipin
read
v.
1. to get the meaning of writing or print: bumasa, basahin, magbasa
2. to speak out loud the words of writing or print: magbasa( basahin) nang malakas
3. to get the meaning of other things, understand: malaman, alamin, umunawa, maunawaan, unawain
4. to study: mag-aral, pag-aralan
5. to give the meaning of, interpret: magpakahulugan, pakahuluganan
6. to read between the lines: unawain ang ipinahihiwatig
adj.
having knowledge gained by reading, informed: palabasa
grasp
v.
1. to seize: sumunggab, dumakmal, dumakma, dumakot
2. to understand: maunawaan, maintindihan
deep
adj.
1. deep (depth): malalim
2. intense: matindi
3. profound: taos, taimtim
4. hard to understand: malalim
sense
n.
1. the faculty of sensation: (no single specific term although Balagtas in his "Florante at Laura" used "karamdaman," e.g., "limang karamdaman" - five senses. Not used now in this way).
3. to comprehend: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin
4. to expect with anxiety or fear: mangamba, mabahala, mabagabag
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
unawa
adj.
maunawain (ma-in) understanding
v.
umunawa', unawain (-um-:-in) to understand, to grasp mentally, to get the idea of. Unawain niyo ang nilalaman ng kuwento. Get the central idea of the story.
intindi
v.
umintindi (-um-) to understand, to comprehend. Hindi siya marunong umintindi. He cannot comprehend. mag-intindi, intindihin (mag-:in)
v.
to take care of, to look after, to attend to. Intindihin mo ang mga kapatid mo. Attend to your brothers (or sisters).
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!