List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 40

See bálhot-to respect.

See bálhong-to swell.

(B) See balî-broken.

(B) See bálî-to break.

(B) See balíkas-to scratch.

See balikótot-to contort (the limbs).

(Sp. barril) Barrel. (see toóng).

(Sp. barrena) An auger, gimlet, drill, brace and bit; to bore-, drill-, holes with an auger, etc. Barináhi ang tápì. Bore a hole in the plank. Ibarína akó ánay siníng káhoy. Please drill a hole for me in this piece of wood. (see baríno).

A river-crab. See balingáy.

(Sp. barreno) A large auger; fig.: Bad humor, ill temper. Kon umabút ang íya baríno, índì mo siá pagsuráhon. When he is in a bad mood, don't contradict him.

One subject to frequent fits of ill temper, irascible, choleric. (see kutóskutós, tarádyon, pikón).

(Sp. barrio) Village hamlet. (see minurô).

(B) See balilá-a kind of fish.

(B) See balíla-reed (of a loom).

A kind of grass and its seeds. The latter, when ripe, come off readily and cling to clothes, etc. Also used as a verb. Andam ka sa pagági dirâ kay madámù ang baríri. Beware of passing there, for there is much baríri-grass. Balakínga ang ímo sotána, kay kon dilî mabariríhan. Raise your cassock, for otherwise it will become full of baríri-seeds. Binariríhan ang ákon delárgo, médyas, etc. My trousers, socks, etc. got stuck full of baríri-seeds. (see dalúkut).

Fierceness, violence, brutality, inhumanity, ruffianism, truculence; to be or become fierce, violent, ferocious, inhuman, cruel, ruthless. (see bangís, píntas).

To sharpen, etc. See balít.

(Sp. barreta) Anything in the shape of a bar or cake, as a loaf of bread, a cake of soap, etc.

Hit-, struck-, at a tangent; to glance off, to fly off at a tangent; to miss, stray. (see salipád, talibás).

(Sp. barquillo) Rusk, a kind of crisp, biscuit-like bread; a thin rolled wafer.