Meaning of tugbang

counterpart

offset

opposite

v. 1. give something as counterpart; match. Ug muámut ka ug kanding sa kumbira mutugbang ku ug ámut ug bábuy, If you give a goat for the feast, I will give a pig to match it. 2. sit across or in front of each other. Nagkatugbang mi ug lingkud sa dyip, We happened to sit across from each other in the jeep; 3. in activities where people are paired off: be someone’s opposite. Dílì ku makigtugbang nímu sa kuntis kay maáyu ka, I don’t want to be matched against you in the contest because you’re good; n. 1. thing given as counterpart; 2. one’s opposite in a contest; 3. something which happens which makes up for something else. Kining átung mga pag-antus run tugbang sa átung kalípay niadtu, Our sufferings now are exact payment of our happiness formerly; 4. something commensurate in degree or weight. Ang tugbang sílut sa pagpatay mau ang pagbítay, Hanging is the punishment appropriate for murder; 5. see ka-. — púlung antonym. Ang tugbang púlung sa ‘layù’, ‘duul’, The antonym of ‘far’ is ‘near’. ka- n. analogous, counterpart. Ang inbiay tugbang sa ipbiay sa istíts, The NBI is the counterpart of the FBI in the States.