Meaning of "few"

few •

adj/n.
• • not many: ilan, kakaunti, kaunti

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several

adj.
• • some, a few, more than two or three but not many: (mga) ilan

one

n.
• • the number 1.: uno, isa

pron.
• • 1. any person: sinuman, ang isang tao, kahit sino, iyung
  • 2. anything: alinman, kahit alin, anuman, kahit ano, maski ano, maski alin

adj.
• • 1. some: balang, isa, sa iba
  • 2. joined together, united: sabay-sabay, sama-sama, iisa
  • 3. the same: iisa, nagkakaisa, magkaisa, pareho (Sp.)
  • 4. at one, in agreement or harmony: magkasundo, magkakasundo, magkaisa, magkakaisa
  • 5. it is all one, it makes no difference: walang pagkakaiba, pareho
  • 6. one and all, everyone: lahat, bawat isa
  • 7. one by one: isa-isa
  • 8. one after another: sunud-sunod
  • 9. one and only: kaisa-isa
  • 10. one or two, a few: ilan
  • 11. one too many, too much: labis, sobra
  • 12. one each: tig-isa, tigisa, tig-iisa, tigi-tig-isa
  • 13. the only one: tangi, bugtong, solo, uniko/a

poor

adj.
• • 1. having a few things or nothing: mahirap, maralita, dukha, pobre
  • 2. not good in quality, lacking something: hindi (di) mabuti, masama, mahina, walang kuwenta, hindi magaling
  • 3. unfortunate, needing pity: kaawa-awa, kahabag-habag
  • 4. lowly, common, insignificant: aba, hamak

n.
• • poor people: ang mga mahirap (pobre, dukha, maralita, dahop, salat)

proper

adj.
• • 1. correct, right: wasto, tumpak, tama
  • 2. fitting, suitable, becoming: angkop, dapat, bagay
  • 3. not common to all: pantangi
  • 4. belonging to one or a few: tangi, ukol, nauukol

private

adj.
• • 1. not for the public, for just a few special people or for one: pribado, pansarili, hindi para sa madla
  • 2. having a non-government office: hindi nagtatrabaho sa gubyerno
  • 3. in private, secretly: nang sarilinan (sekreto, palihim, patago)

n.
• • a common soldier, not an officer: kawal na ultimo (ordinaryo), praybet

thin

adj.
• • 1. with little space from one side to the opposite side, not thick: manipis, di makapal
  • 2. having little flesh: payat
  • 3. not set close together: madalang, manipis
  • 4. not dense: manipis, di makapal
  • 5. few and far apart, not abundant: madalang, kakaunti, iilan
  • 6. like water, not like glue or syrup: malabnaw
  • 7. not deep or strong, having little depth, fullness, or intensity: matinis, maliit
  • 8. easily seen through: halata, halatain, mababaw

v.
• • 1. to make thin: magpadalang, padalangin, magpanipis, panipisin, magpalabnaw, palabnawin
  • 2. to become thin: dumalang, maging madalang, numipis, maging manipis, lumabnaw, maging malabnaw
  • 3. to become thin in body: pumayat, mangayayat, maging payat
  • 4. to make thin in body: magpapayat, papayatin

now

adv.
• • 1. the present time, this time: ngayon
  • 2. now that: ngayong...
  • 3. since: yamang, yayamang
  • 4. at this time: ngayon, sa kasalukuyan
  • 5. by this time: sa oras na ito, sa ngayon
  • 6. as things are, as it is: ngayon, sa kasalukuyan
  • 7. just now, only a few moments ago: kani-kanina lamang, ngayon lamang, ngayunngayon lamang
  • 8. now and then, or now and again, from time to time, once in a while: paminsanminsan, maminsan-minsan, kung magkaminsan

secret

adj.
• • 1. kept from knowledge of others: lihim, sekreto
  • 2. keeping to oneself what one knows: malihim, masekreto
  • 3. known only to a few: lihim, lingid
  • 4. kept from sight, hidden: tago, natatago, kubli, nakukubli

n.
• • something secret or hidden: lihim, sekreto

ilan

pron.
• • some, several, a few ilan int. how many?

dalang

adj.
• • madalang (ma-) few, not frequent

tawag

v.
• • tumawag, tawagin (-um:-in) to call. Tumawag ang tatay mo kanina. Your father called a few minutes ago. Tawagin mo si Ernesto. Call Ernesto.

v.
• • magtawag (mag-) to call. Magtawag ka ng makakasama sa atin. Call (the people) that can go with us.

kaunti

adj.
• • little, few

liban

prep.
• • except. Liban na lamang sa ilan. Except only for a few.

n.
• • omission

adj.
• • absent (non-attendance)

laktaw

n.
• • omission of step after making several consecutive ones lumaktaw, laktawan (-um-:-an)

v.
• • to skip or omit a few steps in a series supposed to be done consecutively. Linaktawan niya ang tatlong pahina. He skipped the three pages.