mess things upbola-tak 1.1ov. syn.bola-tak 1bola-tak 1linget 1.3rambol 1.1rel. wrd.bola-tak 1rambol 1wagwag11.2vtTo spread or scatter things around; to mess things up.Sinopay nagbola-tak tang mga gamito tani ong aparador?Who messedup my things here in the cupboard?Angay binola-tak mo tang mga papil tani ong lamisan?Why did you scatter the papers allover the table?wagwag11.2vtTo intentionally mess things up.Angay winagwag mo si tang mga lambong tani ong katri?Why did you once again messup the clothes here on the bed?ov. syn.wasag 1.2rel. wrd.bola-tak 1rambol 1wasag 1.3ov. syn.rambol 1.1wasag 1vtTo intentionally scatter or spread things around; mess things up.Asing sinled tang opisina, winasag tang mga papilis.When the office was broken into, the papers werescatteredallaround.ov. syn.bola-tak 1.2watak-watak 1.2kaliwadwad 1.1vtTo search or rummage through things, turning things upside down or topsy-turvy in the process.Angay agkaliwadwaden mo tang mga lambongo atan ong teled tang aparador?Why are you rummagingthrough my clothes there in the wardrobe?ov. syn.akad 1.1ka-kad 1.1karap 1.1boka-kag 1.2ov. syn.boka-kag 1golo11.2vtTo intentionally mess things up.Indi kay boka-kagen mo tang mga lambong atan ong karton.Don't messup the clothes there in the cardboard box.ov. syn.bola-tak 1.2
mess things up packed awayakad 1.1Antakad 1talok 1.3ov. syn.akad 1paloa11.1vtTo take things out of storage; to mess things up that are packed away.Akaden mo kay tang mga libro don ong karton.Please take the books out of the box.Sinopay nagakad tang kabano?Who messedupall my thingsstored here in my wooden chest?ov. syn.ka-kad 1.1kaliwadwad 1.1
mess with other's thingskamkam 1.1vtTo take or mess around with things that do not belong to you.India magkamkam tang belag ta nio agod india palon ta.Don't messaroundwith things that are not yours so that I won't whip you.ov. syn.samsam 1.1rel. wrd.kalaw 1komit 1peleg 1
messagetoyon 1.3rel. wrd.panoyontoyon 1.1toyon 1vtTo instruct, request someone to do something; to send a message or instructions through another person.Nagtoyon tanandia ang ganing indi ma-led tenged masit tang kolo na.She sentamessagethroughsomeone saying that she can't come to work because her head hurts.Mga may molik don ong Tabilan, itoyon mo kay tanandia ang temegbeng.If someone goes home to there to [the small barrio of] Tabilan, please passonmyinstruction for her to come down to town.Sinopay sinoyonan mo ang mangomit tang karga na?Who did you instruct to get your cargo?Asing nagsolato ong mga anao ong Manila, sinoyono ong nira ang indi enged pabaya-bayan nira tang sinangoni nira.When I wrote to my children in Manila, I instructed them not to neglect their health.ov. syn.tobol 1.2rel. wrd.ordin 1
messed up/changedkalapikat 1.1viFor something to be done wrong, inaccurately; incorrectly; for an order to get messed up, or a schedule to be changed inadvertently, or become confused.Nagkalapikat tang pinaloa nirang tayaw ong plasa.The dance they performed in the plaza wasdoneincorrectly. Nagpekelo ka rin ta lansang ang doroang kilo, tay nagkalapikat da, ang nakabot tang kilo lamang.I ordered two kilos of nails but theorderwasmessedup, and what arrived was just one kilo.ov. syn.mali 1.3
messengergatobol11.1nMessenger; errand boy or girl (literally, someone to send, command); an employee whose main duty is running errands; a "go-fer".ov. syn.torobolon21
messymagolo 1.1adjNoisy; messy; not peaceful; disorderly.rel. wrd.golo11kobog-kobog 1.1adjMessy, mussed-up hair.rambol 1.1rel. wrd.bola-tak 1rambol 1wagwag11.2adjFor things to be all mixed up, not in order; messy; a mob, group of people.Ang mga gamit ong kosina pirming rambol, anday mātakong mangimes.The things in the kitchen are always amess, no one knows how to put them back in place.Indi ra mata-wanan mga sinopay pamagsoayan tenged rambol. No one can tell who is actually fighting because it's a mob. ov. syn.bola-tak 1golo11karambola 1.1wasag 1karambola 1.1viFor things to be all mixed up, not in order; messy; to fight in a mob; to riot.Ang mga gamito ong koarto ay pamagkarambola tenged indio mapangimes.My things in the room are allmixedup because I haven't been able to put them away.Way, pamagkarambola ra tang mga soltiros don ong plasa.Look, the teenage boys are allfightinginamob there in the plaza.ov. syn.rambol 1.1
messy hairboka-kag 1.1ov. syn.boka-kag 1golo11.2adjFor something to be all messed up, tangled up; to be in disarray, not in order, as of one's hair or clothes in a pile.Oso mandian ong mga artista tang boang boka-kag. It's in style nowadays for movie stars to have messy hair.ov. syn.boragrag 1.1kobog-kobog 1.2
messy personboragrag 1.1ov. syn.boragrag 1golo11.2adjFor a person to always be messy, having one's things scattered around and not be able to find something.Babaya ka rin! Piro doroa ka boragrag. You are a girl! But you are so messy. ov. syn.boka-kag 1.1
messy/unevensapak 1.1vi., vtFor excess to be smeared or sloppy, or go over the edge or out of the boundary, as with a child's food on its mouth, or paint on trim, or lipstick; for something to be uneven or thick in some places.Nagsapak tang pamintorao ong aparador animan anday sayod ang pa-dekan.My painting of the cupboard wasuneven so now it is not nice to look at.Sinapak mo ra tang pambetang mo ta lipstik ong bibil mo.The way you put on the lipstick you smearedit over your lips.ov. syn.ipok-ipok 1.2ipok-ipok 1.2vtTo make a messy, uneven, sloppy job of something, such as applying an excess of paint, lipstick, etc.Mga magpintorā, indi ipok-ipokon mo.When you paint, don't makeitsloppy. ov. syn.sapak 1.1
mestizomistiso 1.1n., adjA person with mixed blood; a mestizo; slang expression for a Filipino with light skin, implying beauty or handsomeness. (Mistiso is the term for a male; mistisa is for a female.)ov. syn.tisay 1.1tisoy
metallaton21.1nA metal storage container made by a tinsmith. (It can be small or very large, used before the time of plastic containers to store things.)rel. wrd.lata 1.1taltalen 1.1nIron; sheet metal; steel.molion 1.1nHand grinder used for sharpening, grinding or shaping metal.molion 1.2vtTo grind down a metal object to make it thinner.Agmolionon ni Juan tang ilisi tang motor tenged madamel.Juan isgrindingdown his propeller because it is thick.
metal frameworkparilia 2.1nMetal framework used to reinforce cement work, that looks like a grill.
methodmidios 1.1ov. syn.instrominto 2.1midios 1rel. wrd.dia 1.2midios 1nRemedy for a situation; solution; things done to solve a problem; a way, method of doing something.Ang tanan ang midios ay bindoato ra para lamang mabolong tang ana mo, kaso indi ra ka talaga mabolong.I've already done everything that could be done (lit. all remedies) to heal your child but she really cannot be healed.Anda ray midios ang maboat ta mga ang soltiros galiliag dang mangatawa.Nothing can be done (lit. no solution) if a young man really wants to get married.Boatan mo kay ta midios agod ma-led tang anao ong obra.Please make away so that my child can get a job.ov. syn.paragosoyon21.1rel. wrd.dalan 1rimidio 1.1solbar 1.1paragosoyon21.1nThe way, method of doing, following something.Monopa tang paragosoyon mi tang parangadien mi ong libro?What is your wayoffollowing the prayers in the book?ov. syn.midios 1.1
microbemikrobio 1.1EngnMicrobe; bacteria; germ.Alos ang tanan ang masit ang panalied pagalin ong mga mikrobio ang indi gitaen.Almost all contagious diseases come from microbes which cannot be seen.Ang trangkaso ay pagalin ong agganingen ang 'virus', ang yay ang kage-ley ge-leyan ang mikrobio. The flu comes from what is called a 'virus', which is the very smallest microbe.
middleka-ngan 1.1rel. wrd.ka-ngan 1ka-ngan 1pagtetengan 1panengatengan 1.1sintro 1.3n., locMiddle.Don amo magkayam ong ka-ngan tang plasa.Go play there in the middle of the plaza.rel. wrd.pagtetengan 1.1sintro 1.1nCenter; middle of something.panengatengan 1.1adj., locHalfway done; in the middle.Panengatengan da tang obra ta.Our work is halfway done.Narin ita ra ong panengatengan. We're here in the middle already.rel. wrd.ka-ngan 1pagtetengan 1tenga 2.1n., locIn the middle; middle one.Don amo magkayam ong ka-ngan tang plasa.Go play there in the middle of the plaza.a-mo 2.1viFor two parts to meet or join together in the middle, in order to close.Ang saya-saya ang binedbed mo indi ra maga-mo ong awao.The skirt you sewed no longer closesat my waist.
midnighttenganan 1.1nMidnight (lit. at half).Sigoro kiminoran talabi mga tenganan da.Maybe it rained last night around midnight. Antko-to 1.3
midribalot 1.1rel. wrd.alot 1amikil 1.2vtTo strip a midrib of its leaves, such as a coconut frond; to prepare bamboo or rattan by stripping the leaves, splitting it, and cleaning it by scraping it with a machete.Nagaloto ta ogat ta nioy para boateno rin ang silig amen.I strippedtheleavesoff the coconut midribs to make them into a broom.Mga magalota tang ikodal ang kawayan, indi ra pataladen mo tang kapotan na.When you splitandclean the bamboo for the fencing, don't make the ends pointed.ov. syn.ogat11.2rel. wrd.ogat11raot 1.1ogat11.1rel. wrd.alot 1.1ogat11raot 1.1nMidrib of a plant.Mama-dolo rin ta ogat ta bori ang ipamaodo.I'll ask for some borimidribs for making thatched shingles.Nagaloto ta ogat ta nioy para boatenong silig.I stripped the coconut midrib to make a broom.ogat11.2rel. wrd.alot 1.1ogat11raot 1.1vtTo strip leaves from a midrib.Ogatan mo tang boring pinakaldaw, mamaod ita ra rin.Striptheleavesoff the bori that has been dried in the sun, we will make some roofing shingles.ov. syn.alot 1.1