Meaning of "long"

long •

adj.
• • 1. mahaba
  • 2. long in distance: malayo
  • 3. long in time: matagal, malaon, malawig

v.
• • 1. to wish very much: manabik, panabikan
  • 2. to anxiously await or desire, crave: umasam, asamin
  • 3. to become long: humaba
  • 4. to take a long time: magtagal, tumagal
  • 5. to make long or longer in length: habaan
  • 6. to make longer in time: magpatagal, patagalin

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haba

n.
• • a length

adj.
• • mahaba (ma-) long, elongated

tagal

adj.
• • matagal (ma-) late, that takes a long time, for a long period of time

v.
• • tumagal (-um-) to endure, to withstand. Tumagal siya sa hirap. He withstood the hardship.

v.
• • magtagal (mag-) to take a long time, to stay long. Huwag kang magtagal. Don't be long.