From root: oras
Usage Note
Oras-oras emphasizes frequency and regularity. It is often used to express that something happens very often or without much gap in time.
Examples
" Oras-oras kaming umiinom ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
We drink water every hour.
Literal Translation
Every-hour we drinking of water.
" May bus oras-oras. "
Natural Translation
There is a bus every hour.
Literal Translation
There-is bus every-hour.
" Oras-oras na sinusukat ng mga nars ang lagnat ng pasyente upang masubaybayan nila ang kanyang kalagayan. "
Natural Translation
The nurses measure the patient's fever every hour so that they can monitor his condition.
Literal Translation
Every-hour measuring of the nurses the fever of patient so that monitor they the his condition.
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