List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter K - Page 57

To scratch in the meaning of "kálot" but with this difference that "kalúbkub" indicates a swifter motion to and fro of the hands and fingers. Kalubkubá ang ímo katúl. Scratch your itch. Kalubkubí siá. Scratch him. Ikalúbkub akó sa ákon likód. Kindly scratch me on the back. (karúbkub, id.).

Youthfulness, tenderness, softness, weakness. (see lúbud).

Turbidness, turbidity, muddiness, dirtiness, uncleanness (of liquids). (see lubúg).

A wicker-basket with lid, often used for carrying food to workmen in the fields, etc.

Fiasco, failure, frustrated efforts, baffled hopes. (see lugáw-an).

Sinking. (see kalugdángan).

Sinking, foundering, going down, submersion, drowning. (see lúgdang, kalúgdang).

To cover or enwrap oneself, put a blanket, etc., round one's body. (see kalúmbut, pangulúmbut, panimúlon).

Treason, treachery, perfidy, perfidiousness, betrayal. (see luíb, kabúdhì).

See kaluíb. Also: Treacherous deeds, treasonable proceedings, traitorous actions, cheating.

To roll up, wrap up; to gag. Kinalúkud níla siá. They gagged him. (see panimúlon, tágpò, tágpon).

Solution, act or process of solving; explanation. (see lubád).

Drowning, death by drowning. (see lumús).

Softness, pliability, plasticity, compressibility, impressibility. (lúm-ok; see kalomó, kahómok).

To swing, hang, dangle by the hands, with the feet off the ground. Ang mga amô nagakalumbítà sa sangá sang káhoy. The monkeys are hanging by their hands from the branch of the tree. Ang káhoy ginakalumbitá-an sang mga amô. The monkeys are dangling from the tree. (see kábit, kabítkábit).

(H) Cloak, coat, cover, wrapper; to cover or protect oneself against the cold, against blows and thrusts, etc., by wrapping a blanket, or the like, around one's body. Magkalúmbut ka sing hábul. Wrap a blanket around you. Ginkalúmbut níya ang hábul. He protected himself with a blanket. Ginkalumbután siá níla sing hábul. They wrapped a blanket around him. (see pangulúmbut which is more in use as a verb).

Weakness, debility, feebleness. (lumíng; see kalúya).

Lodger, guest, boarder, fellow-lodger. (see lúmon).

(H) Withering; destruction, ruin, perdition. (see lúmpag).

A kind of rice. (see arabón).