Meaning of "interest"

interest •

n.
• • 1. a feeling of wanting to know, do or own, or share in: interes, hilig, malasakit, pagkagusto, pagkawili
  • 2. advantage, profit, benefit: kapakinabangan, kapakanan, kabutihan
  • 3. a share in property or business: puhunan, pamumuhunan
  • 4. money paid for the use of money: interes, pakinabang, tubo, patubo

v.
• • 1. to excite curiosity, attention: umakit, maakit, akitin
  • 2. to hold the attention of: mawili
  • 3. to bear interest: tumubo, magtubo
  • 4. to charge interest: magpatubo, patubuan

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net

n.
• • 1. lambat
  • 2. a big fishing net: pukot, pamukot
  • 3. a mosquito net: kulambo, muskitero
  • 4. a hair net: hernet, lambat sa buhok (ulo)
  • 5. a net for catching butterflies, birds, locusts, etc.: sakyod
  • 6. a trap or snare: silo, bitag, patibong
  • 7. remaining amount after deduction, free from deductions: neto

v.
• • 1. to catch in a net: manlambat, lambatin
  • 2. to net fish: mamukot, manlambat
  • 3. to gain interest: magtubo, tumubo
  • 4. to benefit: pakinabangan, makinabang

dry

adj.
• • 1. not wet: tuyo
  • 2. having no water: walang tubig, tuyo
  • 3. lacking interest, lifeless: walang sigla, walang kasigla-sigla, tuyot, matamlay, patay na patay, hindi masaya
  • 4. thirsty, wanting a drink: uhaw, nauuhaw, uhaw na uhaw
  • 5. not giving milk: walang gatas
  • 6. lacking moisture, as land: tigang

v.
• • 1. to become or make dry: matuyo, magpatuyo, patuyuin
  • 2. to dry by wiping with a handkerchief, cloth, etc.: magpunas, punasan
  • 3. to dry by exposing to the sun: magbilad, ibilad
  • 4. to dry by the heat of the fire: magdarang, idarang

story

n.
• • 1. an account of some happening or group of happenings: kuwento [kwento], salaysay, pagsasalaysay, istorya, bida
  • 2. such an account, either true or madeup, intended to interest the reader or hearer: salaysay, kuwento [kwento], katha, istorya
  • 3. a falsehood: kasinungalingan, katakata, kabulaanan
  • 4. the set of rooms on the same level or floor of a building: palapag, piso
  • 5. to tell a story, to give an account of some happening: magkuwento, ikuwento, kuwentuhan, magsalaysay, isalaysay, salaysayan, magbida, ibida

coldness

n.
• • 1. condition of being cold physically: kalamigan, pagkamalamig
  • 2. indifference, lack of interest: pagkawalang-bahala, may kalamigan sa pakikitungo
  • 3. lacking enthusiasm: kawalang-sigla

entertain

v.
• • 1. to interest, to please, to make fun for: maglibang, lumibang, makalibang, libangin, mag-aliw, umaliw, makaaliw, aliwin
  • 2. to keep in the mind: magsaisip, isaisip
  • 3. to consider or to take into consideration: magsaalang-alang, isaalang-alang
  • 4. to have as a guest: magkapanauhin, magkabisita
  • 5. to provide entertainment for guests: umistima, istimahin

tire

v.
• • 1. to make weary: magpapagod, makapagod, pumagod, pagurin, magpahapo, makahapo, humapo, hapuin, magpahina, makahina, papanghinain
  • 2. to become weary: mapagod, mahapo, manghina
  • 3. to lose interest: magsawa, sumawa, sawaan, mawalan ng gana

n.
• • a round, usually rubber covering for a wheel: gulong

cold

adj.
• • 1. having a low temperature: malamig
  • 2. chilly: maginaw
  • 3. lacking interest, indifferent: walang sigla, malamig

n.
• • 1. low temperature: lamig
  • 2. a kind of sickness: sipon

v.
• • 1. to feel cold: maginaw, ginawin
  • 2. to be cold or indifferent to someone: manlamig
  • 3. to have the chills: manlamig, lamigin

concern

n.
• • 1. solicitude, interest: malasakit, pagmamalasakit
  • 2. anxiety: pagkabalisa, pag-aalaala, pag-aalala, hindi pagkapalagay
  • 3. duty: tungkulin, pananagutan
  • 4. firm, business company: bahay-kalakal, kompaniya, kompanya, samahan

v.
• • 1. to worry: mabahala, magalaala, mag-alala, mabalisa
  • 2. to have to do with: magkaroon ng kinalaman sa
  • 3. to whom it may concern: sa kinauukulan

society

n.
• • 1. a group of persons united by a common purpose or interest: kapisanan, samahan
  • 2. all the people, community: ang komunidad, sambayanan
  • 3. company, companionship: pakikisama
  • 4. the fashionable class: sosyedad

principal

adj.
• • most important, chief, main: pangunahin, pinakapuno, pinakamahalaga, prinsipal

n.
• • 1. chief person, one who gives orders, esp. in a school: prinsipal, punong-guro
  • 2. a sum of money on which interest is paid: puhunan, kapital

tubo

n.
• • 1. tubo, sugarcane
  • 2. tubo'

n.
• • gain, profit, benefit

v.
• • tumubo' (-um-) to grow (plants). Tumubo ang itinanim kong rosas. The roses I planted grew.

v.
• • magtubo (mag-) to gain, profit, earn interest, to grow. Nagtubo ang pera ko sa bangko. My money in the bank earned interest. tubo, tubuhan (-an)

n.
• • sugarcane plantation or field

hangad

n.
• • desire, interest, intent