Meaning of "nurse"

nurse •

n.
• • a person who takes care of the sick, etc.: nars, narses

v.
• • 1. to act as a nurse for sick people: mag-alaga ng may sakit, alagaan ang maysakit
  • 2. to nourish, make grow, protect: magsimpan, magtanim, mag-alaga
  • 3. to use or treat with special care: mag-alaga, alagaan
  • 4. to give milk to a baby: magpasuso, pasusuhin
  • 5. to suck milk from a mother: sumuso
  • 6. a wet nurse: mamay, sisiwa

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suso

n.
• • 1. suso', snail
  • 2. suso

n.
• • breast

v.
• • sumuso, susuhin (-um-:-in) to suck milk, to nurse. Sumuso ang bata sa ina. The child was nursed by his mother.

nars

n.
• • nurse

yaya

n.
• • nurse, nursemaid, wet nurse, governess yaya

v.
• • magyaya (mag-) to invite, to induce. Nagyaya silang magboling. They invited (us) to go bowling. mangyaya', yayain (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to invite. Yayain mo sina Nina. Invite Nina and her group.