but [syn. datapwa't, pero]. Nguni't sumagot siya kaagad. But he answered at once.
» synonyms and related words:
busy
adj.
1. having plenty to do: maraming ginagawa (gawain), matrabaho, bising-bisi
2. occupied: okupado, abala, abalang-abala but conj. on the other hand: ngunit, datapuwat, subalit, pero, kundi
yet
adv.
1. now: ngayon, muna
2. up to now, up to a certain time: pa, pa naman, hanggang ngayon
3. still: pa conj.. but, nevertheless, however: nguni, ngunit, gayunman, gayon pa man
only
adj.
1. one and no more: tangi
2. by itself, e.g. son or daughter: bugtong, solo, nag-iisa, kaisa-isa, tangi
3. best, finest: pinakamabuti, pinakamagaling adv. just, merely: lamang conj. 1. but then: subalit, lamang, datapwat, ngunit
2. except that, if it had not: lamang, kung hindi sana
3. "if only," meaning "I wish": sana, sanay
sana
n/prep.
1. with, hope
2. Expresses unreal futurity in the past or doubtful futurity in the present. In the latter sense, it expresses modesty in a request. Ipaglalaba sana kita ng damit nguni't wala akong sabon. I could have washed your clothes, but I didn't have any soap.
dasal
n.
prayer magdasal, dasalin; idasal (mag-:in,i-)
v.
to say a prayer datapwa't conj. but, however [syn. ngunit, subalit (usually with t) (coordinating particle used to express contrasts)]
