"Langoy" is a word in WARAY, TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON
v. /AG-/ to swim. Indiak ammo ti aglangoy. I don’t know how to swim. /-UM-, MANG-:-EN/ 1. to swim across, to cross by swimming; to swim. Kayat na nga langoyen dayta nalawa nga karayan. He wants to swim that wide river. 2. to swim for, to get by swimming. Langoyem man diay sapatos ko nga impalapal na idiay karayan. Will you please swim for my shoe which he threw into the river.
Langoy - to swim
langóy - A swim, swimming; to swim,
float. Nagtabók silá sa langóy. They swam
across. They crossed by swimming.
Maálam ka balá maglangóy? Do you know
how to swim? Indì kamó maglangóy sa
masulúg nga túbig, kóndì sa malínaw.
Don’t swim in a current, but in quiet water.
Nalangoyán (Linangoyán) níla ang línaw.
They swam in the lake. Langoyá lang ang
pagtabók sa subâ. Simply swim across the
river. (cf. lalangóyan).
langoy
Active Verb: lumangoy
Passive Verb: languyin
Definition: (verb) to swim
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Examples: 1) Lumangoy sila papunta ng kabilang ibayo. (They swam across to the other shore.) 2) Languyin natin ang malawak na ilog. (Let us swim in the wide river.)
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Read the complete definitionTo cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
Read the complete definitionThe act of swimming across, as a river.
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