EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
measure (of volume)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/TA-kal/
FIL: Ang sukat ng dami ng isang bagay, lalo na ng mga butil o likido, gamit ang isang lalagyan bilang panukat; ang proseso ng pagsukat nito.
EN: measure (of volume)
The palengke lifehack for measuring stuff without a weighing scale. 'Isang takal ng bigas' is usually one cup. It's how your mom tells you to cook rice. It's also used for 'taho', 'vinegar', and other things sold 'by the cup'. It's the Filipino metric system before the actual metric system.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *takel, 'to measure out'.
Refers to measuring by volume, not weight. A "panakal" is the tool used for measuring (e.g., a cup, a ganta).
🇵🇭 Dalawang takal ng bigas ang isaing mo.
🇺🇸 Cook two measures (cups) of rice.
🇵🇭 Pabili po ng isang takal ng suka.
🇺🇸 I'd like to buy one measure (cup) of vinegar.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.