List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 20

(H) Sandy, full of, or mixed with, sand. Balasón nga tinápay, ísdà, kárne, mónggo, etc. Bread, fish, meat, monggo, etc. full of, or mixed with, sand. Balasón nga dútà. Sandy soil.

Careless, desultory, botched, bungled, not well done or made, scamped. Balasúbas ang pagbúhat sang pánday sang ákon lamésa. The joiner botched my table. (see bástos, manól, balotanóg).

Out of pocket, without ready cash, short of cash for the present; to be or become short of cash, etc. Balasúbas or ginabalasúbas akó karón. At present I am out of pocket or I have no ready cash for the moment. Nabalasúbas akó, kay madámù ang ákon gingastohán. I ran short of cash, for I had to spend a great deal. Nagbalasúbas siá sa sugálan. He ran out of cash at the gambling table.

A kind of mollusk or shell-fish.

(H) Uterus, womb. (see bátà, tián, tiyán, taguángkan).

(H) Uterus, womb. (see balatáan).

Day-bed, couch, sofa, anything suitable for lying upon. (see batáng, higdáan, higdaanán).

Galaxy, Milky Way.

Place of suffering; the purpose or object, for which one suffers. (batás).

(H) Bearable, tolerable; sufferable; endurable; to be suffered or borne with. (batás).

A kind of tree believed by the superstitious to be haunted by ghosts.

(H) Feeling, sensation, sentiment, emotion. (see bátiag).

Disease, illness, sickness, infirmity, ailment, complaint, disorder, malady, distemper, morbid condition. (see bátì).

To have a disease, be-sick,-ill,-infirm,-unwell,-indisposed. Ang mga nagabalatián. Those that are sick, the infirm, sick people.

A lattice, lattice-work, net-work in bamboo, wood, stone, iron, etc.; to make lattice-work, to lattice, interlace, interweave. Ibalatibát iníng kawáyan. Make lattice-work of this bamboo. Balatibatí ang ibábaw sang hágdan. Surround the landing at the top of the stairs with lattice-work. Balatibatá ang ímo pagrára. Make lattices in your wicker-work.

A covered pit set with sharp spikes; a kind of trap with a spring attached to a sharp-pointed spike which pierces the victim that steps on the trap. Naglikáw sa súyak kag sa balátik kaámbak. He avoided the sharp pegs and jumped down into the spiked pit, i.e. he fell out of the frying pan into the fire. Gindakúp níla ang talunón sa balátik. They caught the wild pig in the spring-trap.

The constellation Orion.

Anything that jams, squeezes or wedges an object so that it can be drawn out or removed only with great difficulty. Indì ka makahúnus sináng kawáyan, kay may balatikál. You cannot pull out this bamboo, for it is wedged in. (batikál).

(H) Reception-room, place where visitors, etc. are received. (báton).

(H) Vegetables, especially peas and beans. (see hántak).