Meaning of "ask"

ask •

v.
• • 1. to ask a question: magtanong, tanungin, itanong
  • 2. to request: humingi, hingan, hingin, pamanhikan, makiusap, pakiusapan, ipakiusap
  • 3. to ask on behalf of: ihingi, ipanghingi
  • 4. to invite: maganyaya, anyayahan, kumumbida, mangumbida, kumbidahin

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order

n.
• • an order, a serving (of food) [var. orden]

v.
• • 1. to tell what to do, to command, to give an order: mag-utos, utusan, iutos, mag-atas, atasan, iatas, mag-orden, ordenan, iorden
  • 2. to put in order, to arrange: magayos, ayusin, isaayos, maghusay husayin
  • 3. to give (a store, etc.) an order for: pumedido, magpabilin, pabilin
  • 4. to decide: magpasiya, pasiyahan, ipasiya, gustuhin
  • 5. to place an order: mag-order, umorder, orderin

n.
• • 1. the way one thing follows another: pagkakasunud-sunod
  • 2. a condition in which every part or piece is in its right place: ayos, kaayusan, pagkakaayos
  • 3. condition, state: kaayusan, kalagayan
  • 4. state or condition of things in which the law is obeyed and there is no trouble: katiwasayan, katahimikan
  • 5. a command, telling what to do: utos, kautusan, orden, atas
  • 6. a paper saying that money is to be given or paid: hiropostal, money order
  • 7. a statement or list of things telling a store or tradesman what you wish sent: pedido, order
  • 8. in biology, a group in the classifying of plants and animals: grupo, angkan
  • 9. social rank, grade, or class: uri, klase
  • 10. rule, regulation: patakaran, tuntunin, alituntunin
  • 11. a brotherhood of monks, friars, or knights: orden
  • 12. by order: sa utos
  • 13. call to order, ask to be quiet and start work: magpatahimik, patahimikin (upang magsimula)
  • 14. in order, in the right arrangement: nasa ayos, maayos
  • 15. in order that, in order to, so that, with the aim that, for the purpose of: upang, sa hangaring, sa layuning
  • 16. made to order: pasadya, ipinasadya
  • 17. to order about or around, to send here and there, to tell to do this and that: utus-utusan, sugu-suguin
  • 18. order of the day, the way things are, the way people are doing things, the style: kalakaran, moda, uso, takbo
  • 19. out of order means (a) not working right: sira, may sira, may diperensiya (b) against the rules (of a meeting): labag sa tuntunin (c) in the wrong arrangement or condition: wala sa ayos, magulo

charge

v.
• • 1. to ask as a price, put a price on: sumingil, singilin, maghalaga, halagahan, magpabayad, papagbayarin
  • 2. to put down as a bet: ilista,
  • 3. to attack: sumalakay, salakayin, lumusob, lusubin, umatake, atakihin, dumaluhong, daluhungin
  • 4. to order: mag-utos, utusan, iutos
  • 5. to charge in court: magsakdal, isakdal, maghabla, ihabla
  • 6. to accuse someone of: magbintang, pagbintangan, magparatang, paratangan
  • 7. to have, or be in charge of: mamahala, pamahalaan, mangalaga, pangalagaan, mag-alaga, alagaan

n.
• • 1. a price: halaga, singil, bayad
  • 2. a duty or task: tungkulin
  • 3. a criminal charge: sakdal, habla
  • 4. command: utos
  • 5. custody, care: bahala, alaga, pag-aalaga
  • 6. a responsibility: pananagutan, sagutin
  • 7. an attack: salakay, pagsalakay, lusob, paglusob, daluhong, pagdaluhong

petition

n.
• • 1. a formal request: hiling, kahilingan, petisyon, pitisyon, pakiusap
  • 2. a prayer: panalangin, dalangin

v.
• • 1. to ask earnestly,to make a petition to: humiling, hilingin, magpetisyon, magpitisyon, pumetisyon, pumitisyon, makiusap, pakiusap
  • 2. to pray: manalangin, ipanalangin, magdasal, ipagdasal

inquire

v.
• • 1. to ask for or about: magtanong, itanong
  • 2. to investigate: magsiyasat, siyasatin
  • 3. to find out (investigate in an informal sense): mag-usisa, usisain

examine

v.
• • 1. to look at closely and carefully: sumuri, suriin
  • 2. to test, to ask questions of: umiksamen, iksaminin, sumulit, sulitin, sumubok, subukin
  • 3. to investigate: magsiyasat, siyasatin, magiksamen, iksaminin, mag-urirat, uriratin
  • 4. to look into what someone has said: pag-aralan, alamin

advice

v.
• • 1. an opinion about what should be done: payo, pangaral, tagubilin
  • 2. news, information: balita, pabalita
  • 3. a notification: patalastas, abiso
  • 4. an instruction: tagubilin
  • 5. to ask advice, to consult: magkonsulta, kumonsulta, ikonsulta, sumangguni, sangguniin, isangguni
  • 6. to give advice, to advise: magpayo, payuhan, pagpayuhan, ipayo

pray

v.
• • 1. to speak to God in worship: magdasal, manalangin
  • 2. to ask help from God, to pray for something or someone: ipanalangin, ipagdasal
  • 3. to ask earnestly: sumamo, isamo, mamanhik, ipamanhik, magmakaawa, ipagmakaawa

demand

v.
• • 1. to ask with authority: hinging pautos (sapilitan)
  • 2. to ask for as a right: hingin bilang karapatan, hingin ayon sa matwid
  • 3. to call for, require, need: mangailangan, kailanganin
  • 4. to be needed: maging kailangan, kailanganin

n.
• • 1. requirements, need: kailangan, pangangailangan
  • 2. claim: habol, paghahabol, hinahabol, angkin, inaangkin

question

n.
• • 1. something that is asked: tanong, katanungan, ang itinatanong
  • 2. a problem: suliranin, problema

v.
• • 1. to ask in order to get information: magtanong, tanungin, itanong, mag-usisa, usisain
  • 2. to doubt: mag-alinlangan, pag-alinlanganan
  • 3. beyond question, without doubt: walang alinlangan, walang duda, hindi matatawaran
  • 4. beside the question, off the subject: labas sa pinag-uusapan, wala sa pinag-uusapan, di pinag-uusapan, walang kaugnayan sa paksa
  • 5. call in question, to challenge, object to: tutulan
  • 6. in question sometimes means under discussion: pinaguusapan, nasa pagsasaalang-alang, isinasaalang-alang

invite

v.
• • 1. to ask someone politely to come to some place or to do something: mag-anyaya, anyayahan
  • 2. to attract, to tempt: manghalina, humalina, makahalina, halinahin, mang-akit, umakit, makaakit, akitin

christmas

n.
• • Pasko

v.
• • 1. to ask for a Christmas gift: mamasko
  • 2. to give a Christmas gift: magpapasko, magpapasko, papaskuhan, mag-aginaldo, aginalduhan
  • 3. to spend Christmas: magpasko

light

n.
• • 1. that by which we see, brightness: liwanag
  • 2. a thing that gives light: ilaw

v.
• • 1. to give light to: mag-ilaw, ilawan, tumanglaw, tanglawan, liwanagan
  • 2. to set fire to: magsindi, sindihan, magparikit, pariktan
  • 3. to become light (less in weight): gumaan (sa timbang)
  • 4. to ask for a light (for ones cigarette or cigar): pasindi

adj.
• • 1. bright and clear: maliwanag
  • 2. pale in color, approaching white: mura
  • 3. easy to carry, not heavy: magaan
  • 4. not hard to bear or do: magaan, madali

beg

v.
• • 1. to ask for alms: magpalimos, mamalimos, manghingi ng limos
  • 2. to ask earnestly: magmakaawa, ipagmakaawa, sumamo, magsumamo, isamo, makiusap, pakiusapan

request

v.
• • to ask, to ask for, to ask as a favor: makiusap, ipakiusap, pakiusapan

n.
• • 1. act of asking: pakikiusap, pamamanhik, paghingi, paghiling
  • 2. what is asked for: hiling, kahilingan, pakiusap, pithaya, pamanhik
  • 3. the state of being desired or sought after: ang nahihiling, ang napipita, ang napipithaya

favor

n.
• • 1. kindness, an act of generosity: kagandahang-loob, kabutihang-loob, pabor
  • 2. help, big help: tulong, malaking tulong
  • 3. favoritism, bias: pagkampi, pagkiling, pagpanig, pagtatangi
  • 4. to do a favor, to help: tumulong, tulungan
  • 5. to ask a favor: humingi ng tulong

v.
• • 1. to oblige: magpaunlak, paunlakan, magbigay, pagbigyan
  • 2. to give more than is fair to, to take the side of someone: kumampi, kampihan, kumiling, kilingan, pumanig, panigan
  • 3. to support, esp. a prospect or candidacy: tumangkilik, tangkilikin
  • 4. to approve, to agree with: sumang-ayon, sang-ayunan

tawad

n.
• • a discount, reduction in price tumawad, tawarin, itawad, tawaran (-um-:-in: i-:-an)

v.
• • to bargain, to ask for a discount. Tumawad ako. I bargained. Tawaran mo ng uno singkuwenta. Try to buy it for one fifty.

hiram

v.
• • manghiram, humiram, hiramin (mang,-um-:-in) to borrow, to ask for a loan. Humiram ng pera sa bangko ang negosyante. The businessman borrowed money from the bank.

yakagin

v.
• • (-in) to invite or induce (someone) to come along or do something. Yakagin mo siyang sumama. Ask him to come along. mangyakag, yakagin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to invite on the spur of the moment. Yinakag nila ako sa bolingan. They invited me to go bowling.

tanong

n.
• • a question magtanong, tanungin, itanong (mag-:-in, i-)

v.
• • to ask, to question, to inquire. Nagtanong siya sa akin. He asked me. Itanong mo sa kanya kung anong oras magsisimula ang miting. Ask him what time the meeting will start. Tinanong niya ako kung ako'y masipag. He asked me if I am industrious.

hingi

v.
• • humingi', hingin (-um:-in) to ask for. Humingi ka ng tawad sa kanya. Ask for her forgiveness. manghingi' (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to ask for (repetitively)

utang

n.
• • debt

v.
• • umutang (-um-) to owe somebody a debt or an account, to borrow, to ask for a loan. Umutang ka kay Fina. Borrow money from Fina. mangutang, utangin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to get on credit. Nangutang ako sa tindahan. I got credit from the store.

humingi

v.
• • to ask for, to request

limos

n.
• • alms maglimos, limusan (mag-:an)

v.
• • to give alms. Limusan mo siya ng kaunting baryang nasa mesa. Give him the remaining change (alms) on the table. magpalimos (magpa-)

v.
• • to beg, to ask for alms. Nagpalimos ang pulubi. The beggar begged for alms.

sabi

v.
• • magsabi, sabihin (mag-:-in) to say, to ask permission, to tell, to relate. Magsabi ka sa nanay at nang hindi tayo pagalitan. Tell mother (ask mother's permission) so we won't be scolded.