tabagan
tabagán with stress marks
chicken roost; puffy/bloated
Usage Note
Tabagan has two meanings that share a visual link: as a noun it is the elevated perch or roost where chickens sleep at night, and as an adjective it describes a face that is puffy or swollen — likened to a hen fluffed up on its roost. Both senses are most commonly heard in rural or agricultural communities.
Examples
" Umakyat ang manok sa tabagan. "
Natural Translation
The chicken climbed up to the roost.
Literal Translation
Climbed the chicken to roost.
" Nasa tabagan ang mga manok. "
Natural Translation
The chickens are in the chicken roost.
Literal Translation
In chicken roost the chickens.
" Pagsapit ng dilim, isa-isang dumarapo ang mga manok sa tabagan upang doon magpalipas ng buong gabi. "
Natural Translation
As darkness falls, the chickens perch one by one on the roost to spend the whole night there.
Literal Translation
Upon-arrival of dark, one-by-one perching the chickens on roost to there pass-the-time of whole night.
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