taingang-kawali

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tainga +‎ -ng- +‎ kawali.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /taiˌŋaŋ kaˈwaliʔ/ , (colloquial) /ˌteŋaŋ kaˈwaliʔ/
    • IPA(key): /taˌʔiŋaŋ kaˈwaliʔ/ (dated)
  • Rhymes: -aliʔ
  • Syllabification: ta‧i‧ngang-ka‧wa‧li

Adjective

taingáng-kawalì or taingang-kawalì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜅ᜔ᜃᜏᜎᜒ or ᜆᜁᜅᜅ᜔ᜃᜏᜎᜒ) (idiomatic)

  1. pretending to listen
    Synonym: bingi-bingihan
    • 1991, Mary Isabelle Bresnahan, Finding Our Feet: Understanding Crosscultural Discourse, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 197:
      Anakiy sagot sa bulaybulay ni Hulyan ang bigkas ng isang nakakita sa ambag ni Donya Leona: "Dalawang piso sa asawa ng kanyang kasama. Tengang-kawali." As if in answer to Hulyan 's thought one who had witnessed the exchange said: ...
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    • 1995, Genoveva Edroza Matute, Ang Kanilang MGA Sugat: Nobela, Inilathala, →ISBN:
      Sawang-sawa na 'ko sa pangangaral... e tengang-kawali naman!" Saglit na nalimutan ng dalaga ang dahilan ng paglabas niya sa kusina. Nilapitan ang babae at hinagod ang likod. "Na Osang," aniya, "bata po ho si Maria, hindi pa husto ang ...
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    • 1998, Rene O. Villanueva, Apat Na Dula, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:
      Nag-aaway ang mga ito. Ang isa'y matandang-matanda, ang isa'y bata-bata pa. Ang matanda'y may mahabang balbas. Hampasan nang hampasan ang dalawa. Sinabi ko na kasi sa 'yo na magmadali ka, nagte- tengang-kawali ka lamang.
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    • 1999, Rosario Torres- Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, Talinghagang Bukambibig, Inilathala, →ISBN:
      ... "mataba ang bulsa", "bigatin", "buwaya", "pating sa katihan". Gayundin, ang mga pagpapahalaga at kaugaliang Pilipino ay masasalamin sa mga talinghaga. Halimbawa, ang mga pariralang "tengang kawali" ay nagpapahiwatig ng kulturang ...
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