"Tanok" is a word in HILIGAYNON
tanók - The cooking or boiling of tubers,
bananas, or the like; to boil tubers, etc.
Ságing, maís, úbi, etc. nga tinanók. Boiled
bananas, corn, úbi, etc. Tánki (tángki,
tanokí) akó sing kamóti. Boil me some
sweet potatoes. Tánka (Tángka) ang úbi,
buhayán, etc. Boil the úbi, buhayán, etc.
Iníng sárì nga ságing manámit gid kon
tánkon, apáng malás-ay kon kán-on nga
hiláw. This variety of bananas is very nice
(tasty) when boiled, but insipid when eaten
raw. (cf. talangkúnon; lâgâ, lapó, laúya,
tíg-ang, bakól; bukál, pabukál).
tánom, tanóm, etc. See tánum, tanúm,
etc.
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kalísaw - Tastelessness, insipidness, unsavouriness, usually applied to stale tubers like "úbi”, "banáyan”, "kamóti”, etc. (cf. lísaw).
Read the complete definitionlikô - Twisted, etc.; a kind of úbi.
Read the complete definitionsíkyap, sík-yap - To cut—, shave—, pare—, slightly the surface, cut off a small part, to graze. Sikyapá ang kíbul, …
Read the complete definitiontapól - Dark-coloured, applied particularly to some kinds of úbi, rice, rattan, etc.
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