managa', tagain (mang-:in) to hack with a cutting instrument. Tagain mo ang mga panggatong. Hack/chop the firewood. aff. a noun-forming prefix meaning `native of' or `coming from'; with verb roots, it means `regular performer of'
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hook
n.
1. a curved piece of metal or wood : kawit
2. a hook for hanging things on: sabitan
3. a hook for catching fish: taga
4. ahook for picking coconuts: kalawit
fishbook
n.
taga, kawil
guide
v.
1. to lead, to direct: pumatnubay, patnubayan
2. to conduct by the hand : umakay, akayin
3. to show the way: ituro ang daan
n.
1. a person that shows the way: giya
2. a person who conducts another by the hand: taga-akay
cut
n.
1. a gash or incision: hiwa, sugat
2. wound made by a "bolo": taga
3. a piece that has been cut off: hiwa, piraso, putol
4. reduction: bawas
5. cut of a dress: tabas
6. cut made by a scissors: gupit
7. a very slight cut, scratch: galos, gasgas
v.
1. to make an incision: humiwa, mahiwa, hiwain
2. to cut with a "bolo": tumaga, mataga, tagain
3. to cut down or to cut off: pumutol, putulin
4. to cut down a banana plant or to cut off a bunch of the fruit: tumiba, tibain
5. to cut into pieces: magputul-putol, pagputulputulin, paghiwa-hiwain
6. to cut with scissors: maggupit, gumupit, gupitin, gupitan
7. to cut off the head: pumugot, pugutan, pugutin
8. to reduce: magbawas, bumawas, bawasan
9. to divide: maghati, humati, hatiin, bahaginin, pagbahabahaginin