Usage Note
Trilyadora comes from Spanish 'trilladora' and is a mechanical device used to separate rice grains from stalks after harvest. It plays a critical role in post-harvest processing in rural Philippine agriculture and has replaced much of the manual threshing once done by hand.
Examples
" Sira ang trilyadora. "
Natural Translation
The threshing machine is broken.
Literal Translation
Broken the threshing-machine.
" Gumamit ng trilyadora ang mga magsasaka. "
Natural Translation
The farmers used a threshing machine.
Literal Translation
Used of threshing machine the farmers.
" Inupahan ng mga magsasaka ang trilyadora upang mapabilis ang paghihiwalay ng palay sa dayami pagkatapos ng anihan. "
Natural Translation
The farmers rented the threshing machine to speed up separating the rice grains from the straw after the harvest.
Literal Translation
Rented by-the farmers the threshing-machine so-that hasten the separating of rice from straw after of harvest.
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