Tagalog Word of the Day: TILI
Tili means scream, or shriek, a loud, sharp, shrill cry, normally done by women, but also done by a few men. Used as a noun or a verb.
Word Usage:
Ang tili ni Julie ay napakalakas!
(Julie’s scream was very loud!)
or
(Julie let out a loud, bloodcurdling scream that seemed to emanate from the very deepest recesses of the underworld!)
or even
(Julie shrieked in ecstatic glee, almost to the point of fainting, after she saw Jacob Black’s hot, smolderingly sexy body splattered across the movie screen.)
Si Tolitz na maskulado at kelot ay tumili na parang babae nang makakita ng ipis sa sahig.
(The muscular, masculine Tolitz screamed like a woman when he saw the cockroach on the floor.)
or
(Tolitz the macho man shrieked like a little girl when he caught sight of the disgusting cockroach on the dirty floor.)
or even
(Tolitz, the inimitable man’s man, the bane of all single ladies, the accomplished casanova, the heart throb of skirts, went crazy with outright terror and screamed… screamed… SCREAMED! when he caught a glimpse of the horror on six legs! Oh my gawd!)
Si Janine ay napatili nang makita niya si Rex na tumatakbo sa bahay ng nakahubo.
(Janine shrieked as she saw Rex running around the house naked.)
or
(Janine screamed in utter surprise as she caught sight of Rex reconnoitering the house in his birthday suit.)
or even
(AAAAAAAYYYY!!! ANO BA!!! KAINIS KA!!! Wait, the weather must be cold, huh Rex?)