List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter L - Page 36

To walk or wade in water, mud, slush, mire, etc. Ang mga bátà nagalátak sa tulúgban sang karabáw. The boys are walking about in the buffalo wallow. Linatákan níla ang talámnan nga tubígon. They waded through the irrigated field. (see lútak, etc.).

To walk straight over or through, pass through without road or pathway, make a short-cut, blaze a trail, make a bee-line. Naglatás lang kamí sa talámnan. We simply walked through the field. Latasá lang ang bakólod. Just walk straight over the hill. Latasí lang ang talámnan kay malayô ang dálan. Pass straight through the field, for the road is too far. Indì ka makalatás dirâ, kay támà kasíot. You cannot take a short-cut there, because the vegetation is too dense. (see láktud, rúmbo, lagtás id.).

To balance oneself, go over a pole or beam serving as a bridge, walk over a narrow bridge or gangplank (without rails) or the like. Latáya or latáyi ang kawáyan. Walk over the bamboo, cross by balancing yourself on the bamboo. (see taláytay, panaláytay, táytay).

A small narrow bridge or gangplank, often consisting of only one or two bamboos without handrail. (see táytay).

The moon-sickle on the three days before and after new moon; to be near new-moon. Nagalatî na ang búlan. It is now the end of the last or the beginning of the first quarter of the moon. May latî na. There is a new moon. (see búlan, paugsarón, úgsad, pahimatayón).

A line, rule, mark, measure, limit, limitation, restriction, boundary line; course, way, road, scope (assigned); to line, mark, rule, prescribe, limit, delimit, restrict, circumscribe. Latíri (latídi) ang bulugsókan sang baláy. Mark out with lines the ground on which the house is to be built. Ilátid ánay iníng písì sa walâ pa ikáw magkáli, agúd magtádlong ang kalóg. Mark a line with this string before you start digging, in order that the ditch may be straight. Ginlatíran (-ídan) sang Mahál nga Diós ang mga alágyan sang kabitoónan. God has marked out the path of the stars. (see lántay).

(Sp. látigo) Whip, rod, lash, scourge; to flog, scourge, whip, lash, beat with a rod. Latigohí siá. Give him a whipping. Flog him. Kon magsinutíl ikáw liwán ipalátigo ko ikáw kay tátay mo. If you are naughty again, I'll see to it that your father gives you a whipping. Linatigohán níya ang karabáw sing símsim. He beat the buffalo with branches of bamboo. (see hánot, búnal, hámpak, lábtik, lápdos, láw-it, lipát, hán-us, lámpus, lámba).

The dregs, lees or sediment formed in refining coconut-oil. (see ugásip, gatâ, lána). Also verb. Madalî na lang malútò ang lána kay naglatík na or kay may latík na. The coconut oil will now soon be ready, for the dregs have formed.

To strike, knock, beat. (see patík).

Dim. and Freq. of latík. Also: to pace to and fro, walk about noisily, stamp the floor or the like. (see tapáktapák).

Latin; to put into Latin. Latiná iníng hámbal nga Binisayâ. Put this Visayan sentence into Latin. Maálam ka balá maglinatín? Can you speak Latin?

From látum.

From latón.

(B) To guess, conjecture, divine, surmise, assume, suppose, believe. Latoá or lát-a kon anó ang binakál ko. Guess what I have bought. Makalatô ka kon anó ang áton tinóla sa panyága? Can you guess what our side-dish will be for dinner? Ginlatô níya ang paratkónon (paktákon) nga ginpalatô ko sa íya. He solved the riddle I had proposed to him for solution. (see pakót, lágpat, mái-om, sát-um).

Half-empty, showing many gaps, not full (of corn-cobs with only a few grains on it, etc.). Latóláto gid lang ang maís nga pinatubás ko karón. The corn I have harvested this time is mostly half-empty cobs.

To strike, whip, beat, lash, etc. Latodá, latodí, (-orá,-orí). (see litós, látigo, hánot, etc.).

Table. (see tulungtúngan, lamésa).

(Sp. latón) Brass; a large tin or can. (see láta).

To infect, taint with, contaminate, be contagious, infectious, catching, spread from one to the other. Andam ka, agúd ang balatían sang útud mo índì makalatón sa ímo. Be on your guard, lest your brother's disease should infect you also. Nalátnan or linátnan akó sang íya nga katúl. I have become infected with his skin-disease called katúl. May katalágman nga ang ibán nga mga bánwa pagalátnan man sang kolerá. There is danger that the cholera will spread to other towns. Indì ka magsímpon sa íla, kay básì malátnan ikáw sang maláut níla nga batásan. Do not associate yourself with them, for you might be contaminated by their vicious habits. (see manlaláton, malaláton).

See litós-to strike, beat, etc.