EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
alternately; taking turns...
like silver; silvery...
honor, tribute, award...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ha-li-ha-LI-li/
FIL: Isang paraan ng paggawa kung saan ang mga tao o bagay ay nagpapalitan sa isang gawain o posisyon nang sunud-sunod.
EN: alternately; taking turns
This is your BPO team's life on a graveyard shift, taking turns on coffee runs. Or when you and your siblings had to share one Game Boy, so you played **hali-halili**. It's the art of alternating, so everyone gets a turn and no one (hopefully) gets left out.
The repetition of "hali" emphasizes the continuous and repeated nature of the turn-taking.
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🇵🇭 Hali-halili silang nagbantay sa ospital para sa kanilang maysakit na ina.
🇺🇸 They took turns watching over their sick mother at the hospital.
🇵🇭 Ang araw at gabi ay hali-haliling dumarating.
🇺🇸 Day and night arrive alternately.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.