"Agta" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
ágtà - Blackish, black, negro-black. Abáw,
dáw ágtà ang bátà. Oh, the child is as
black as a negro. Diín ka man magágtà?
Where did you become so black? Naagtaán
gid akó siníng áti. I consider this Negrito
very black. (cf. áta, id.).
agtà n {1} supernatural man of dark complexion and extraordi-nary size, said to inhabit trees, cli?
s, or empty houses.
He is said to play practical jokes on people, kidnap them.
He has a large cigar in his mouth.
{2} name occasionally given to Negritos.
Life is learning process. We must keep learning.
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After hearing that one of the patients in a mental hospital had saved another from a suicide attempt by pulling him out of a bathtub, the hospital director reviewed the rescuer's file and called him into his office."Mr. Haroldson, your records and your heroic behavior indicate that you're ready to go home. I'm only sorry that the man you saved later killed himself with a rope around the neck.""Oh, he didn't kill himself," Mr. Haroldson replied. "I hung him up to dry."
áta - See ágtà id. Kaáta sa ímo. How black you are.
Read the complete definitionkaágtà - Blackness, blackishness, quality of being black. (ágtà; cf. kaitúm).
Read the complete definitionmaágtà - Black, blackish, dark, dun. (ágtà).
Read the complete definitionmangitó-ngitó - Dark, obscure, black, dusky, ebon, sable, opaque. (cf. ngitóngitó, maitúm, ilóm, átà, áta, ágtà, madulúm, pitípit).
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