ngalngal
ngálngal with stress marks
loud crying; idle talk
Usage Note
Ngalngal covers both loud, unrestrained crying or wailing — especially from a child — and noisy, meaningless chatter or idle talk. Both senses share the quality of being grating or excessive in volume, and the word is used exclusively in colloquial, informal registers.
Examples
" Rinig ang ngalngal ng bata. "
Natural Translation
The child's loud crying can be heard.
Literal Translation
Heard the loud-crying of child.
" Rinig hanggang sa labas ang ngalngal ng bata na ayaw kumain. "
Natural Translation
The loud crying of the child who refused to eat could be heard outside.
Literal Translation
Heard until to outside the loud-crying of child that dislike to-eat.
" Hindi makatulog ang mga kapitbahay dahil sa ngalngal ng sanggol na ayaw patahimikin kahit anong gawin ng kanyang ina. "
Natural Translation
The neighbors could not sleep because of the loud wailing of the baby who would not be quieted no matter what his mother did.
Literal Translation
Not able-to-sleep the plural neighbor because to loud-crying of baby that dislike to-be-quieted even what to-do of his mother.
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