Meaning of "tiyak"

tiyak •

adj.
• • specific, direct, to the point

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direct

v.
• • 1. to manage or control: mamahala, pamahalaan, mamatnugot, patnugutan, mangasiwa, pangasiwaan
  • 2. to order or command: mag-utos, utusan, pag-utusan, magmando, manduhan, pagmanduhan
  • 3. to point or show the way: magturo, ituro
  • 4. to guide: mag-akay, umakay, akayin, pumatnubay, patnubayan

adj.
• • 1. straight: tuluy-tuloy, tuwiran, diretso
  • 2. frank, truthful: tapat, matapat
  • 3. clear, plain: maliwanag
  • 4. to the point: tuwiran, tiyak, diretso

must

v.
• • 1. to be obliged to, be forced to: kailangan, kinakailangan
  • 2. ought to, should: dapat, nararapat
  • 3. to be certain to be, do, or happen: talaga, tiyak

n.
• • a thing absolutely necessary: (bagay na) kailangang-kailangan (lubhang kailangan)

adj.
• • important and essential: mahalaga at kailangan

course

n.
• • 1. series of studies: kurso
  • 2. direction taken: daan, pagdaraanan, daraanan, pinagdaraanan
  • 3. line of action, procedure: hakbang, paraan
  • 4. part of a meal served at one time: putahe
  • 5. of course, surely, certainly: talaga, tiyak, mangyari pa

clear

adj.
• • 1. bright: maliwanag
  • 2. transparent, as of liquids: malinaw
  • 3. certain: tiyak
  • 4. free from impurity, defect, etc.: dalisay

v.
• • 1. to become bright: magliwanag, lumiwanag
  • 2. to make clear, to clarify: liwanagin, ipaliwanag, palinawin, ipalinaw
  • 3. to remove obstacles: mag-alis (alisan) ng sagabal (halang), alisin ang sagabal (halang)

indefinite

adj.
• • not precise: walang katiyakan, hindi tiyak

vague

adj.
• • 1. not clear, not distinct: malabo hindi maliwanag, hindi malinaw
  • 2. not sure, not definite: hindi tiyak, walang katiyakan

mortality

n.
• • 1. the loss of life on a large scale: pagkakamatay, dami ng namamatay
  • 2. mortal nature, being sure to die sometime: tiyak na pagkamatay

certain

adj.
• • 1. sure: tiyak, sigurado, piho, pihado
  • 2. true: totoo, tunay

v.
• • to be certain: matiyak, makatiyak, masiguro

support

v.
• • 1. to hold up,to keep from falling: magtukod, tukuran, mag-alalay, umalalay, alalayan
  • 2. to prop: magsuhay, suhayan
  • 3. to keep up, to help, to give strength or courage to: magtaguyod, itaguyod, tumulong, tulungan
  • 4. to provide for: magtustos, tustusan, magsustento, sustentuhan
  • 5. to be in favor of, to back up, to second: kumatig, katigan, magtaguyod, itaguyod
  • 6. to help prove, to bear out: magpatunay, patunayan, magpatotoo, patotohanan

n.
• • 1. the act of supporting, condition of being supported, help, aid: tulong, pagtulong, taguyod, pagtataguyod, tustos, pagtustos, pagtutustos, sustento, pagsustento, pagsusustento
  • 2. a person or thing that supports: tagataguyod, tagakatig, tagasustento, tagatustos
  • 3. a prop: tukod, suhay sure

adj.
• • 1. certain, free from doubt: tiyak, piho, pihado, sigurado
  • 2. safe, reliable: maaasahan, sigurado, tapat, mapagtitiwalaan
  • 3. firm: matatag adv. 1. surely, certainly (American colloquialism): sigurado, tiyak, nakatitiyak
  • 2. to be sure may sometimes mean certainly: tiyak, sigurado, pihado
  • 3. to make sure, to be certain: tumiyak, tiyakin, magsiguro, siguruhin, siguraduhin, pumiho, pihuhin