EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
a handspan...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/ka-rang-KAL/
FIL: Isang sukat ng haba mula sa dulo ng hinlalaki hanggang sa dulo ng hintuturo o kalingkingan kapag nakaunat ang mga daliri.
EN: a handspan
The OG unit of measurement before the metric system came to the Philippines. It's how your lola measures fabric at the palengke or how you'd check if a table can fit through a door. "Isang karangkal na lang, kasya na!" It's the ancestor of 'eyeballing it'.
From ka- + dangkal. The prefix ka- can indicate a unit of measurement.
An informal but widely understood unit of measurement for short distances, roughly the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger.
🇵🇭 Sukatin mo nga ng karangkal kung gaano kalapad ang libro.
🇺🇸 Can you measure with a handspan how wide the book is?
🇵🇭 Kulang pa ng isang karangkal ang haba ng tela.
🇺🇸 The length of the fabric is still short by one handspan.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.