1. to go up, come up: magpaitaas, tumaas, pumaitaas, pumailanglang
2. to go higher, to increase: tumaas, lumaki, lumakas, maragdagan
3. to come above the horizon: sumikat
4. to start, begin: magsimula, magmula, magbuhat
5. to revolt, to rebel: maghimagsik, paghimagsikan, magbangon, bumangon, mag-alsa, pag-alsahan
6. to give rise to, to start, to begin, to cause, to bring about: maging dahilan (sanhi), pagmulan, panggalingan, pagsimulan, lumikha
root
n.
1. the part of a plant that grows in the soil: ugat
2. a cause, source: pinanggalingan, pinanggagalingan, simula, sanhi, dahilan
3. the word from which others are derived: salitang-ugat
v.
1. to become fixed in the ground, send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat
2. to pull, tear, or dig up or out by the roots: bumunot, bunutin
3. to get completely rid of: lumipol, lipulin
4. to cheer (slang): kumantiyaw, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan
5. to take root means (a) to send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat (b) to become firmly fixed: pumirme, mamirme, lumagi, mamalagi
aim
n.
1. an intention: layon, layunin, tunguhin, balak
2. a purpose: sadya, dahilan, pakay
3. the act of pointing a firearm: puntirya, punteriya, pagpuntirya, pagtutok
v.
1. to direct or point something such as a gun: pumuntirya, ipuntirya, puntiryahin, pumunteriya, ipunteriya, punteriyahin, umasinta, iasinta, asintahin
2. to intend: magbalak, balakin
ground
n.
1. the surface of the earth, soil: lupa
2. basis, reason, foundation for what is said or done: batayan, saligan, katwiran, dahilan
v.
to break ground to dig, plow: magbungkal ng lupa, bungkalin ang lupa, mag-araro, araruhin
parent
n.
1. father: ama
2. mother: ina
3. both mother and father: magulang
4. the source, cause: pinagmulan, pinanggalingan, dahilan, sanhi
justify
v.
1. to show to be just or right: mangatwiran, pangatwiranan, mapangatwiranan, ipangatwiran, magbigay-matwid, bigyang-matwid
2. to clear from blame: magpawalangsala, pawalang-sala
3. to give a good reason for: magbigay-dahilan, magbigay-katwiran
world
n.
1. the earth: daigdig, mundo, mundo
2. all people, the public: ang lahat ng tao, ang buong mundo, sangkatauhan
3. the things of this life and the people devoted to them: kamunduhan
4. all created things, the universe: sansinukob, santinakpan, sandaigdigan, lahat ng nilikha
adj.
1. universal: pandaigdig
2. of the world: ng daigdig
3. for all the world means (a) for any reason, no matter how great: sa ano pa mang dahilan, maging sa ano pa man (b) in every respect, exactly: sa lahat ng bagay
excuse
n.
1. a reason that is given: dahilan, katwiran
2. apology: paumanhin, patawad
v.
1. to permit: magpahintulot, pahintulutan, pumayag, payagan
2. to make excuses which are not genuine: magdahilan
beautiful
adj.
1. very pleasing to the senses or mind: maganda
2. pretty: marikit
3. lovely: kaibig-ibig
4. charming: maalindog, kaakit-akit because conj. 1. for the reason that: sapagkat, pagkat, kasi, sa dahilang, dahil sa
2. by reason of: dahil sa, dahilan sa
3. since, whereas, in as much as: yamang, yayamang
4. for this reason, for that reason, on this account: palibhasa
reason
v.
1. to think things out: magpasiya, makapagpasiya, mangatwiran, pangatwiranan
2. to argue: mangatwiran, pangatwiranan
n.
1. a cause: dahilan, sanhi
2. motive: layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin
3. explanation: paliwanag, katwiran
4. the power to think, the mind: isip, pag-iisip, kaisipan, bait
5. right thinking, common sense: katwiran, matwid, sentido komun
6. by reason of, on account of or because of: dahil sa
7. in reason, within reasonable and sensible limits: nasa matwid, may katwiran
therefore
adv.
1. for that reason, as a result of that: dahil doon, sa gayon, sa gayong dahilan
