"Atang" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
v. /AG-/ to offer something to the spirits, to give offerings to the spirits. /AGI-, MANGI-: I-/ to offer to the spirits. Dagitoy ti iyatang yo. Offer these.
atáng - (B) To put, place. Iatáng inâ dirâ.
Put it there. Atangí ang masakit sing
túbig. Put some water near the sick person.
(cf. butáng).
átang - A beam or thick plank cutting
across a bamboo-floor in an ordinary native
house. Nearly every main room in houses
with bamboo flooring has an átang in the
middle, rising to about one inch above the
floor.
átang n shelf set next to a stove at the same height with it to hold the pots and pans.
Haúna ang tinúla ug ibutang sa átang, Take the fish stew o?
the stove and put it on the sideboard.
v [A13; a12b(1)] put a sideboard next to a stove.
atang v {1} [A; b(1)] watch, but not carefully, keep an eye on.
Atngi (atangi) ang linung-ag arun dílì muáwas, Keep an eye on the rice so it wont boil over.
{2} [A; b(1)] watch for s.t.
or s.
o.
to pass.
Ímu tang atngan ang trák arun makasakay ta, You should watch for the bus so that we can get on.
() [A; b(1)] ambush.
Ang mga girilya nag-átang sa mga Hapun, The guerillas are ambushing the Japanese.
{3} [A2N] meet ones girl friend at her place of work or study to accompany her.
Túa siya nangátang sa íyang trátu, There he is, waiting for his girl friend to bring her home.
n ambush.
...Ah, but the Moon my Love is jealous, and can you blame him? You outshine him with your virtues...
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atángan - Having an átang or more than one, as in the case of large rooms with bamboo-flooring. Ang baláy …
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