tarima
tarímà with stress marks
movable platform; prison bed
Usage Note
Tarima comes from Spanish tarima (platform, dais). In Filipino use it refers to a raised wooden platform used as a stage or speaker's dais, and also to the hard wooden sleeping platform found in prisons and barracks. Both senses share the idea of a flat, elevated wooden surface without cushioning.
Examples
" Matigas ang tarima sa selda. "
Natural Translation
The platform bed in the cell is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the platform-bed in cell.
" Natulog siya sa tarima ng kulungan. "
Natural Translation
He/she slept on the prison bed.
Literal Translation
Slept he/she on prison-bed of jail.
" Tumayo ang mananalumpati sa tarima upang makita siya ng buong madla sa likuran ng bulwagan. "
Natural Translation
The speaker stood on the dais so that the entire audience at the back of the hall could see him.
Literal Translation
Stood the speaker on dais so-that be-seen he by entire audience at back of hall.
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