giling
gíling with stress marks
grind
Usage Note
Giling refers to the process of grinding — most commonly used for grinding meat, coffee beans, corn, or rice. 'Igiling' means to grind something, and 'gilingan' is the machine or mill. At wet markets, customers can request freshly ground pork for dishes like longganisa. The term is also used figuratively for persistence ('giling lang nang giling' — keep on grinding).
Examples
" Igiling mo ang baboy. "
Natural Translation
Grind the pork.
Literal Translation
Grind you the pork.
" Ang giling ng kape ay mabango. "
Natural Translation
The grinding of coffee is fragrant.
Literal Translation
The grind of coffee is fragrant.
" Bago gumawa ng longganisa, ipinapagiling muna namin ang karne ng baboy sa palengke kaysa bilhin nang nakabalot. "
Natural Translation
Before making longganisa, we have the pork ground at the market rather than buying it pre-packaged.
Literal Translation
Before make of longganisa, having-ground first we the meat of pork in market than buy-it being-wrapped.
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