"Tukaw" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
túkaw - To venture abroad, go—, see—,
investigate—, look after—, in person. (cf.
kúdaw, súdsud, dúkaw, tudâtúdà, tán-aw,
sulúng).
tukaw v [A; b(1)] tower over.
Mga pipila ka túig mutukaw na siya nákù, In a few years he will be towering over me.
Usa ka lubing láyug ang nagtukaw sa ílang payag, A tall coconut tree is towering over their hut.
tukaw n a unit of length reckoned from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger extended.
v [A; a1] measure s.t.
in tukaws.
tukaw v [A; b(1)] stay awake at night doing s.t.
, keep vigil.
Magtukaw ku karung gabíi paghuman sa tirm pípar, Ill be awake all night finishing my paper.
n wake.
Sa tukaw nagdala silag baráha arun dílì sila tulgun, They brought a deck of cards to the wake so they wouldnt feel sleepy.
A man without life purpose is not in any way different from a wondering goat.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
A student called up his Mom one evening from his college and asked her for some money, because he was broke.His Mother said, "Sure, sweetie. I will send you some money. You also left your economics book here when you visited two weeks ago. Do you want me to send that up too?""Uhh, oh yeah, O.K." responded the kid.So his Mom wrapped the book along with the checks up in a package, kissed Dad goodbye, and went to the post office to mail the money and the book. When she gets back, Dad asked, "Well how much did you give the boy this time?""Oh, I wrote two checks, one for $20, and the other for $1,000 out to him.""That's $1020!!!" yelled Dad, "Are you going crazy???""Don't worry hon," Mom said, kissed Dad on the on top of his bald head, "I taped the $20 check to the cover of his book, but I put the $1,000 one somewhere between the pages in chapter 15!"
balíngit = tukaw.
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