Meaning of "nut"

nut •

n.
• • 1. dry fruit or seed with a kernel in a hard shell: nuwes
  • 2. peanut: mani
  • 3. a kind of nut similar to cashew nut: pili
  • 4. walnut: nuwes de nogal
  • 5. coconut: niyog
  • 6. a small block, usually of metal, which screws on to a bolt: tuwerka
  • 7. a crazy person (slang): loko/a, hibang

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chew

v.
• • 1. masticate, to crush or grind with the teeth: ngumuya, nguyain, ngumata, ngatain
  • 2. to chew sugar cane: magpangos ng tubo, pangusin ang tubo
  • 3. to chew betel nut: ngumanga, ngangain
  • 4. to crunch, crush noisily: ngumalot, ngalutin

peanuts

n.
• • a seed like a nut used for food, the plant it grows on: mani

nganga

n.
• • 1. nganga', a mixture of buyo for chewing

v.
• • ngumanga', ngangain (-um-:-in) to chew buyo. Ngumanganga ba ang lola mo? Does your grandmother chew beetle nut?
  • 2. nganga, ngumanga (-um-)

v.
• • to open one's mouth. Ngumanga si Cres para sa dentista. Cres opened her mouth for the dentist.

bunga

n.
• • fruit, betel nut palm

hitso

n.
• • betel nut leaf with line and betel nut for chewing