KWARTA
KWARTA is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
kwarta n {1} money.
{2} its going to be a profit, a point, be in the bag.
Ug masyát nà ni Mumar run, kwarta na, If Mu-mar sinks that ball, the game will be in the bag.
Ug alas ning mabúnut ku, kwarta, If the card Im going to draw turns out to be an ace, its going to help me a lot.
v {1} [A; a] buy, pur-chase s.t.
Mukwarta kug kindi pára sa bátà, Ill buy some candy for the child.
Unsay ímung kwartáhun sa tindáhan?
What are you going to buy in the store?
{2} [A12; b8] make money out of s.t.
; secure money.
Nakakwarta kug arang-arang sa ákung nigusyu, I have made quite a profit from my business.
Mak-wartahan (makwarta) ra gihápun ni nátung tinígum nga pa-pil, We can still make some money out of the waste paper we are saving.
paN- v [A2; b5] {1} engage in s.t.
as a means of earning money.
Mangwarta ku sa Nigrus inigtingtápas sa tubu, Ill go to Negros to earn some money during the season for harvesting sugar cane.
{2} earn money illegally, immorally.
Nakwartáhan nang mayúra kay nangwarta sa íyang katungdá-nan, That mayor became wealthy because he enriched himself in o?
ce.
Ayaw mug apil ánang Ápag kay tingálig pangwartáhun (pangwartáhan) lang mu niánà, Dont pay AFAG (Andersons Filipino-American Guerillas) a membership fee.
Theyll just get money out of you for nothing.
n means of getting money, esp.
for a living.
kwartáhan a moneyed, wealthy.
v [B12] become wealthy.
{2} its going to be a profit, a point, be in the bag.
Ug masyát nà ni Mumar run, kwarta na, If Mu-mar sinks that ball, the game will be in the bag.
Ug alas ning mabúnut ku, kwarta, If the card Im going to draw turns out to be an ace, its going to help me a lot.
v {1} [A; a] buy, pur-chase s.t.
Mukwarta kug kindi pára sa bátà, Ill buy some candy for the child.
Unsay ímung kwartáhun sa tindáhan?
What are you going to buy in the store?
{2} [A12; b8] make money out of s.t.
; secure money.
Nakakwarta kug arang-arang sa ákung nigusyu, I have made quite a profit from my business.
Mak-wartahan (makwarta) ra gihápun ni nátung tinígum nga pa-pil, We can still make some money out of the waste paper we are saving.
paN- v [A2; b5] {1} engage in s.t.
as a means of earning money.
Mangwarta ku sa Nigrus inigtingtápas sa tubu, Ill go to Negros to earn some money during the season for harvesting sugar cane.
{2} earn money illegally, immorally.
Nakwartáhan nang mayúra kay nangwarta sa íyang katungdá-nan, That mayor became wealthy because he enriched himself in o?
ce.
Ayaw mug apil ánang Ápag kay tingálig pangwartáhun (pangwartáhan) lang mu niánà, Dont pay AFAG (Andersons Filipino-American Guerillas) a membership fee.
Theyll just get money out of you for nothing.
n means of getting money, esp.
for a living.
kwartáhan a moneyed, wealthy.
v [B12] become wealthy.