"Tanga" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CHAVACANO, CEBUANO
English: ignorant; uninformed
Tagalog: ignorante
tánga n {1} scorpion.
{2} cockroach.
tánga - The cockroach, black beetle.
tanga
Definition: (adj) stupid; ignorant; idiot
tángà v [A; a] climb up an incline.
Gitángà níya ang hagdan sa tulu lámang ka lákang, He climbed the stairs in only three steps.
-un a on an upgrade.
tangà a inattentive, doing even simple things incompetently.
v {1} [B1] stay put when one is supposed to do s.t.
at hand.
Nagtangà ka mang daghan tang trabahuun, Youre just standing around when we have so much work.
{2} [b6] consider s.
o.
incompetent.
Gitangaan ku níya kay dúgay kasabut, I consider him stupid because he takes forever to understand.
tangâ - To look up, tilt back one’s head,
lift—, raise—, one’s eyes (head). Tangá ka.
Hold your head up. Look up. Raise your
head. Itangá ang guyá mo. Tilt up your
face. Nagtangá siá sa ákon. Natangaán
níya akó. He looked at me with tilted chin.
Sang pagkakítà níya sádto malahálon nga
mga galamitón na urungán siá; nagtangá
siá kag nagngangá sang íya bábà sa dakû
nga katingála. When he saw that precious
furniture he was surprised; he stared and
gaped in wonder. Ngáa nga amó ka pa
lang magabút? Sín-o na man ang ímo
gintangaán dídto? Why are you so late?
Whom did you look at there (i.e. listen to
with absorbing interest)? (cf. tánglà,
tukháyaw, tukyáhaw, bayáw).
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