From root: dilig
Usage Note
Tagadilig is the specific person whose job or duty is to water the garden.
Examples
" Mabait ang tagadilig namin. "
Natural Translation
Our person who waters the plants is kind.
Literal Translation
Kind the person-who-waters our.
" Nasaan ang tagadilig ng mga halaman? "
Natural Translation
Where is the person who waters the plants?
Literal Translation
Where the person-who-waters the plants?
" Tuwing umaga, ang tagadilig ng hardin ang unang dumarating para tubigan ang mga bulaklak bago sumikat ang araw. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, the garden's person who waters is the first to arrive to water the flowers before the sun rises.
Literal Translation
Every morning, the person-who-waters of garden the first arrives to water the flowers before rises the sun.
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