Meaning of "lamay"

lamay •

n.
• • funeral wake, vigil

v.
• • maglamay, lamayin (mag-:-in) to keep vigil, to stay awake all night. Lalamayin ko ang trabaho ko. I'll stay up late with my work.

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n.
• • 1. eve of a feast: bisperas
  • 2. a keeping awake during the usual hours of sleep: pagpupuyat, lamay, paglalamay
  • 3. a devotional watching, evening or nocturnal devotions: pagtatanod, pagbabantay
  • 4. to keep vigil before the Blessed Sacrament: magtanod (magbantay) sa harap ng Santisimo
  • 5. to keep vigil, to keep awake during the usual hours of sleep: magpuyat, pagpuyatan, maglamay, paglamayan

v.
• • 1. to stop sleeping: gumising, magising, gisingin
  • 2. to cause to stop sleeping: pumukaw, makapukaw, pukawin, gumising, makagising, gisingin
  • 3. to become alive or active: sumigla, maging masigla
  • 4. to make alive or active: magpasigla, pasiglahin

n.
• • 1. a watching, allnight watch kept beside the body of a dead person: lamay, paglalamay, lamayan, pagpupuyat
  • 2. the track left behind a moving ship, trace or trail: dinaanan (pinagdaanan) ng bapor, dinaanan (pinagdaanan) ng bapor, bakas, landas
  • 3. to attend a wake: maglamay, paglamayan, magpuyat, pagpuyatan, pagpuyatan
  • 4. in the wake of, following, behind, after: pagkatapos, pagkaraan, pagkaraan, pagkalipas, kasunod