1. to make music with the voice: kumanta, kantahin, umawit, awitin
2. to make pleasant, musical sounds: umawit, kumanta
3. to bring, send, or put in a certain state by singing: ipagkanta, kantahan, awitan
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perform
v.
1. to do: gumawa, gawin, tumupad, tupdin, tuparin
2. to put into effect, to carry out: tumupad, tuparin, magsagawa, isagawa, gawin, magsakatuparan, isakatuparan
3. to act, play, sing, or do tricks in public: gumanap, ganapin, gampanan
chorus
n.
group of singers who sing together: koro
kanta
n.
song [syn. awit, awitin]
v.
umawit, awitin (-um-:-in) to sing. Awitin mo ang bagong kanta. Sing the new song.
hiling
v.
humiling, hilingin (-um-:in) to request. Hilingin mo siyang kumanta. Request her to sing.
muna
adv.
just a minute, before anything else, for a while, first, before-hand. Mag-awitan muna tayo bago... Let's sing a song first (before)...
awit
n.
song, chant, hymn umawit, awitin (um-:-in)
v.
to sing. Umawit si Nenita sa klase. Nenita sang in class.
ka
pron.
you (sing.), second person (sing.), belongs to the ang pronoun set) ka- aff. (+ reduplication of the first consonant and vowel of the verb root) means a recently completed action Ka
adj.
appellation for elders and distant uncles or aunts, as Ka Pedro or Ka Juana, from kapatid meaning `sibling'