madugay

take longverb / adverb

Alternative meanings

to take long
to take a lot of time
to be delayed
to happen after a long time

Pronunciation

mah-DOO-gai

Root and affixes

dugay = long time, slow, or taking long; madugay = to take long; dugayan = to tend to take long

Variants or conjugations

dugay = long time, slow
dugay pa = it will still take time
dugayan = to take long or be delayed
dilatar = to delay

Related words and expressions

hulat = to wait
orasa = time, hour
langay = delay
dali = fast
hinay = slow

Meaning and usage notes

Madugay is used when something will take long or take quite some time. Dugay can also stand alone to say something takes long or happened long ago. For actively delaying something, dilatar can fit.