A flickering light or ember seen at night on the road, in a coconut
grove, etc.
It's said to be the soul of a dead person which is burning in hell.
Onopa bato si, angay may de-kal ong talsi?
What do you think that is, why is there a light
flickering out on
the ocean?
Talabi asing pagolik amen ang nagpolaw may inita amen
ang de-kal don ong kanioyan.
Last night when we came home from the wake, we saw a flickering
ember near the coconut grove.
magdingkal
For the soul or ghost of a dead person to flicker in the dark.
Ang taw ang mapinagtalaken mga mapatay pagdingkal ono
ong tanek.
A person who is a sinner when he dies, it's said that his
soul
flickers on the earth.