Bigasan (en. Rice mill)

/biˈɡasan/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

noun

A place or facility where rice is processed from paddy.

The rice mill has machinery for grinding paddy.

Ang bigasan ay may mga makinarya para sa pagtaga ng palay.

A business focused on buying and selling rice.

Many people work in this rice mill.

Maraming tao ang nagtatrabaho sa bigasan na ito.

Equipment used to mill paddy.

We need a new rice mill for faster processing.

Kailangan natin ng bagong bigasan para sa mas mabilis na proseso.

It comes from the word 'biga' meaning 'accumulated' or 'fallen'.

I am at the rice mill.

I am at the place where rice is processed.

Nasa bigasan ako.

rice

The processed food from paddy.

bigas

paddy

The unprocessed rice or grain.

palay

Store for rice and other food items.

There’s a big rice store on the corner that sells tastier rice.

Doon sa kanto, may malaking bigasan na nagbebenta ng mas masarap na bigas.

A branch of business selling rice.

He started a rice store in our neighborhood to earn money.

Nag-umpisa na siyang magtayo ng bigasan sa barangay namin para kumita.

Main source of rice for the people.

By the way, this is the rice store of our town, we buy supplies here.

Bila, ito ang bigasan ng aming bayan, dito kami bumibili ng suplay.