"Tangtang" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
tángtang - To clink, tingle, jingle. (cf.
tíngting, kilíngkilíng).
tángtang - To loosen, untie, liberate; to
fall, drop off. Matángtang siá áyhan sa íya
nga palangakóan. He will perhaps fall
from office. (cf. húbad; dágdag, húlug,
táktak).
tangtang v {1} [AB123; a] take o?
, remove s.t.
fastened or tied.
Tabángi kug tangtang sa yúgu sa kábaw, Help me take o?
the carabaos yoke.
Nakatangtang ang bábuy sa íyang gihigtan, The pig worked himself loose from the place it was tied.
Tangtánga ímung pustísu kun manutbras ka, Remove your false teeth when you brush them.
{2} [A; a] pay o?
debts, free from obligation.
Tangtángun ku ang útang, I will pay o?
the debt.
tangtang útang n the state or condition where one pays o?
debts and incurs debts again.
Mau giyud ning pubri ta, tangtang útang, This is the way it is when you are poor.
You pay o?
one set of debts and incur another.
The beauty of today may not be realised until it becomes tomorrow’s memory
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