EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
sharpness (of a blade or edge)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-ta-li-MAN/
FIL: Ang kalagayan o antas ng pagiging matalim ng isang bagay, tulad ng kutsilyo o anumang may talim.
EN: sharpness (of a blade or edge)
This is the quality of the knife you use to slice your green mangoes perfectly. It's the 'sharpness' that makes the chismis from your kapitbahay so cutting. Can refer to a blade, or metaphorically, to sharp words. 'Yung kutsilyo, kasing talim ng dila niya.'
From 'talim' (blade, sharp edge) + 'ka- -an' affix group, denoting quality or state.
Distinct from 'katalasan' which can also refer to mental sharpness. 'Kataliman' is almost always about a physical edge or, by direct metaphor, sharp words.
🇵🇭 Sinubok niya ang kataliman ng bagong itak.
🇺🇸 He tested the sharpness of the new bolo.
🇵🇭 Naramdaman niya ang kataliman ng mga salitang binitiwan nito.
🇺🇸 She felt the sharpness of the words he uttered.
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