From root: ilaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nang-ilaw
na-ngi-LAW
hunted with light
Present (Incomplete)
nangingilaw
na-ngi-ngi-LAW
hunting with light
Future (Contemplated)
mangingilaw
ma-ngi-ngi-LAW
will hunt with light
Usage Note
Mang-ilaw is used specifically to describe hunting or catching nocturnal animals, such as frogs or fish, using a torch or flashlight at night. It is typically associated with rural practices of food gathering after dark.
Examples
" Mang-ilaw tayo ng palaka. "
Natural Translation
Let's hunt frogs with a light.
Literal Translation
Hunt-with-light we of frog.
" Mahirap mang-ilaw kung maulan. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to hunt with light if it is rainy.
Literal Translation
Hard hunt-with-light if rainy.
" Tuwing tag-ulan, lumalabas ang mga magsasaka upang mang-ilaw ng palaka sa palayan kapag tumatahimik na ang buong nayon. "
Natural Translation
During the rainy season, the farmers go out to hunt frogs with torches in the rice fields once the whole village has fallen silent.
Literal Translation
Every rainy-season, going-out the farmers in-order to-hunt-with-light of frog in rice-field when quieting already the whole village.
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