Usage Note
Tipaklong is the Tagalog word for grasshopper, the common jumping insect found in rice fields, gardens, and grassy areas across the Philippines. Children often catch tipaklong as a pastime. In rural communities they are sometimes eaten as a snack (fried or roasted), and in agricultural contexts they can be crop pests.
Examples
" May tipaklong sa damo. "
Natural Translation
There is a grasshopper in the grass.
Literal Translation
Has grasshopper in grass.
" May tipaklong sa dahon ng halaman. "
Natural Translation
There is a grasshopper on the plant's leaf.
Literal Translation
Has grasshopper on leaf of plant.
" Noong nasa probinsya kami, naghahabulan ang mga bata para hulihin ang mga tipaklong na lumulundag sa palayan. "
Natural Translation
When we were in the province, the children chased each other to catch the grasshoppers that were jumping in the rice field.
Literal Translation
When in province we, chasing-each-other the children to catch the grasshoppers that jumping in rice-field.
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