Meaning of "balat"

balat •

n.
• • birthmark (on skin) 1. balat

n.
• • bark of a tree, skin, peelings, leather

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hide

v.
• • 1. to put a thing out of sight: magtago, itago
  • 2. to be in front of, to shut off from sight: tumakip, takpan, matakpan
  • 3. to keep secret: maglihim, ilihim
  • 4. to keep ones self out of sight: magkubli, kumubli, magtago

n.
• • an animals skin, raw or tanned: balat, katad

leather

n.
• • a material made from the skins of animals: katad, balat, kuwero [kwero]

adj.
• • made of leather: yari sa katad

complexion

n.
• • general appearance of the skin: kutis, kulay (ng balat)

cowhide

n.
• • the hide of a cow: balat ng baka, katad

cream

adj.
• • yellowish white: krema, kulay-gatas

n.
• • 1. oily, yellowish part of milk: krema, krim, gatas
  • 2. face or skin cream: krim, krim sa mukha o balat

cover

n.
• • 1. cover of a book: balat, pabalat
  • 2. cover of any container: takip, panakip
  • 3. cover for pots: tungtong, suklob
  • 4. wrapping: balot, pambalot

v.
• • 1. to put something over, to cover: magtakip, takpan, itakip, magtaklob, takluban, itaklob
  • 2. to cover with earth: magtabon, tabunan
  • 3. to hide: magkaila, ikaila, ipagkaila, pagkailaan, magtago, itago, pagtaguan, maglihim, ilihim, paglihiman
  • 4. to cover up ones mistakes: magtakip, pagtakpan

bark

n.
• • outside covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: balat ng kahoy

v.
• • 1. to remove bark from a tree: magbalat, balatan, mag-upak, upakan
  • 2. to scrape or be scraped off, e.g. the skin: gumasgas, gasgasin, magasgas, magasgasan, tumuklap, matuklap, tuklapin, matuklapan bark

n.
• • sound made by a dog, etc: tahol, kahol

v.
• • 1. to bark as a dog: tumahol, tahulan, kumahol, kahulan
  • 2. to shout out: sumigaw, sigawan

patch

n.
• • 1. a piece put on the mend a hole or a tear: tagpi
  • 2. a piece of cloth, etc., put over a wound or a sore: tapal, patse
  • 3. a pad over a hurt eye to protect it: tapal
  • 4. a small uneven spot: batik, mantsa, balat
  • 5. a piece of ground: kapirasong lupa

v.
• • 1. to put a patch on, mend: magtagpi, tagpian
  • 2. to patch up means (a) to put an end to, settle: mag-ayos, ayusin, iayos, magkasundo, pagkasunduin (b) to make right hastily or for a time: magsaayos (isaayos) na madali o pansamantala

shell

n.
• • 1. a hard outside covering: balat
  • 2. sea shell: kabibi
  • 3. an oyster shell: balat ng talaba
  • 4. a tortoise shell: bahay ng pagong
  • 5. a crab shell: talukap (balat) ng alimango
  • 6. a case filled with gunpowder: kartutso
  • 7. the bullet itself: bala, punlo, punglo

v.
• • 1. to take out of a shell: magbalat, balatan, mag-alis (alisan) ng balat
  • 2. to separate grains of corn from the cob, peas from a pod, etc.: maghimay, himayin
  • 3. to fire a cannon at: manganyon, kumanyon, kanyunin

face

n.
• • 1. the front part of the head: mukha
  • 2. look, expression: mukha
  • 3. the dial: mukha
  • 4. surface: balat, ibabaw

v.
• • 1. to front or turn toward: humarap, harapin
  • 2. to lose face, to be put to shame or embarrassed: mapahiya

skinny

adj.
• • very thin, very lean: napakapayat, masyadong payat, butot balat, patpatin

pala

n.
• • 1. pala, shovel, spade
  • 2. pala part. so, as in Ikaw pala, meaning, it is you; an exclamation of surprise
  • 3. pala part. when used after hindi, expresses contrast with one's expectation, a reversal. Ang isip ko'y balat lamang ng itlog ito, hindi pala, kundi itlog na buo. I thought this was only an eggshell, but no, it was a whole egg.

tuklap

v.
• • magtuklap, tuklapin (mag-:-in) to detach, to remove the skin or covering, to pry. Tuklapin mo ang balat ng sampalok. Remove the covering on the tamarind.

kiskis

v.
• • kumiskis (-um-) to rub against a surface. Kumiskis ang magaspang na tela sa balat niya. The rough cloth rubbed on his skin. magkiskis, ikiskis (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to rub something against a surface. Ikiskis mo ang kutsilyo sa bato. Rub the knife against the stone.