Meaning of "black"

black •

adj.
• • 1. without any light, dark: madilim
  • 2. unhappy, gloomy: malungkot n/adj. the opposite of white: itim, maitim

n.
• • 1. a black person: itim, negro
  • 2. the absence of light, darkness: dilim, kadiliman, karimlan

v.
• • 1. to make black, to blacken: magpaitim, itimin, paitimin, itiman
  • 2. to wear black in mourning: magluksa

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mourning

n.
• • 1. wearing of a color, usually black, to signify death in the family: pagluluksa
  • 2. wailing or lamentation: panaghoy, pananaghoy, panangis, pananangis
  • 3. to be in or wear mourning: magluksa

adj.
• • of mourning, used in mourning: panluksa, sa pagluluksa

beetle

n.
• • 1. a coconut beetle (large and black): uwang
  • 2. a greenish beetle with golden back: salaginto
  • 3. a beetle often found in mango trees: salagubang

charcoal

n.
• • a black porous material made by burning wood in an airless kiln: uling

blackberries

n.
• • a small, black or purple fruit: blakberi, lumboy, duhat

gray

n.
• • shade between white and black: gris, senisado, kulay-abo

adj.
• • abuhin

negro

n.
• • a person belonging to any of the black races of Africa: Negro, itim

Sp n.
• • Negro man

adj.
• • black [syn. itim, maitim]

luksa

adj.
• • in mourning, in black

taya

n.
• • the `it' in a game

v.
• • tumaya (-um-) to wager, to bet on. Tumaya kami sa kabayong itim. We bet on the black horse. magtaya', itaya' (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to wager, to bet. Itaya mo ang lahat ng iyong salapi. Bet all the money you have.

paminta

n.
• • black pepper, pepper

bulik

adj.
• • white and black (feather of roosters)

tengang-daga

n.
• • dried black mushroom

itim

adj.
• • dark, black