Meaning of "shell"

shell •

n.
• • 1. a hard outside covering: balat
  • 2. sea shell: kabibi
  • 3. an oyster shell: balat ng talaba
  • 4. a tortoise shell: bahay ng pagong
  • 5. a crab shell: talukap (balat) ng alimango
  • 6. a case filled with gunpowder: kartutso
  • 7. the bullet itself: bala, punlo, punglo

v.
• • 1. to take out of a shell: magbalat, balatan, mag-alis (alisan) ng balat
  • 2. to separate grains of corn from the cob, peas from a pod, etc.: maghimay, himayin
  • 3. to fire a cannon at: manganyon, kumanyon, kanyunin

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nut

n.
• • 1. dry fruit or seed with a kernel in a hard shell: nuwes
  • 2. peanut: mani
  • 3. a kind of nut similar to cashew nut: pili
  • 4. walnut: nuwes de nogal
  • 5. coconut: niyog
  • 6. a small block, usually of metal, which screws on to a bolt: tuwerka
  • 7. a crazy person (slang): loko/a, hibang

mug

n.
• • 1. a heavy china or metal drinking cup with a handle: taro, saro
  • 2. a drinking vessel made from coconut shell and used in barrios: tabo, lumbo

turtle

n.
• • 1. an animal having a hard shell and a soft body: pawikan
  • 2. the smaller land turtle or tortoise: pagong
  • 3. to turn turtle, to turn bottom side up: bumaligtad, tumaob, mataob, tumiwarik, matiwarik

coconut

n.
• • 1. general term for coconut: niyog
  • 2. rare type of coconut used for preserves: makapuno
  • 3. the young coconut: buko, mura
  • 4. coconut husk: bunot
  • 5. coconut milk: gata
  • 6. coconut oil: langis ng niyog
  • 7. coconut plantation: niyugan
  • 8. coconut shell: bao
  • 9. coconut preserve made from coconut milk: latik
  • 10. coconut toffee: bukayo

dipper

n.
• • 1. a long handled container for lifting water or liquids: panalok, kutsaron
  • 2. coconut shell or can without a handle: tabo, panabo

mussel

n.
• • a shellfish having two parts to its shell, living in either salt or fresh water: tulya, tahong, kabya, lukan

alimasag

n.
• • a species of crab with a spreckled shell

bao

n.
• • coconut shell without husk or meat

kabibi

n.
• • empty clam shell

tabo

n.
• • a dipper, scoop, usually a coconut shell or an empty can magtabo', tumabo', tabuin (mag:-um-:-in)

v.
• • to scoop water with a coconut shell or an empty can, to use a dipper or a coconut shell or an empty can. Tumabo siya ng tubig sa tapayan. He scooped out water from the earthen jar.