List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter L - Page 69

From lubád-to open, spread.

From lubúg-to be turbid.

Cheating, cunning, treason, insidiousness, meanness; to be mean, to cheat, betray, act insidiously, to worm-, fish-, pump-, ferret-, out secrets or elicit an admission, etc. and betray the confiding victim. Indì mo siá paglubhaón. Don't cheat-, trick-, betray-, him. Ginlúbhà níya siá. She (He) jilted him (her). Ginbuhátan níya siá sing madámù nga mga lúbhà. He often-played him false,-was mean to him,-cheated him,-betrayed his confidence. (see dáyà, límbong, búdhì, luíb, kátkat).

(H) The coconut palm and its fruit. (see nióg, kalubihán, butóng).

String, cord, line, rope, cordage; to twist, make into a string or cord. Lubíra (-ída) ang tabákò. Make the tobacco leaves up into strings. Lubíron mo na lang ang gomón sang lánot, kay índì na mahúsay. Simply now make the tangled hemp-fibres into rope for they cannot be unravelled any more. Lubíri akó sing limá ka dupá nga kalát, písì, etc. Make me ten yards of rope, cord, etc. Ilúbid akó ánay siníng lánot, bunáng, etc. Kindly twist these hemp-fibres, this yarn, etc. into string for me.

A kind of shrub.

To move up and down, swing up and down, sag, yield, be resilient, bend, applied to a carrier's pole and the burden he carries, etc. Nagalúbiok ang íya tuangtuangán, kay mabúg-at ang íya kárga. His carrier's pole is bending, for his load is heavy. Palubioká ang ímo tuangtuangán, kay daw mamág-an ang dalá mo kon maglúbiok. Make your pole resilient, for the load seems lighter if it is yielding. Indì kamó magpúngkò nga madámò dirâ kay nagalúbiok ang bánkò. Don't so many of you sit down there, where the bench is yielding or sagging.

From lubúk-to dry rice and pound it.

Nearly ripe, fit to make límbok of, applied to rice nearing maturity. (see lubúk).

From lubúng-to bury.

Grave, burial ground. See lulúbngan, kótkot.

(B) Hole; privy, lavatory, water-closet (W.C.). (see komún, lobô, kasílyas).

The soft, impressionable, yielding part of a child's skull situated between the top of the head and the forehead; the anterior or bregmatic fontanel (fontanelle). (see yubónyubonán).

From lubás-to pass by.

From lubút-to make a hole.

Very young, tender, soft, pliable, said of plants, trees, etc. Gintapás mo galî ang káhoy nga lúbud pa? Did you really cut down the sapling? Malúbud iníng habón. This soap is soft, is soon used up. (see hómok, lúm-ok).

Turbid, cloudy, muddy; to become or make turbid. Nagalubúg ang túbig, kay may bahâ. The water has become turbid, for there is a freshet on. Lúbga-or-palúbga ang túbig sa áwang, agúd índì pagsalukán sang ibán. Make the water in the well turbid, so that other people may not draw from it. Indì mo paglinoón ang botílya, kay magalubúg ang bíno. Don't shake the bottle for the wine will get turbid.

(B) To dry artificially immature rice or corn and pound it, in order to make "límbok". Lubuká-or-lúbka ang maís, humáy. Pound the immature corn, rice. Lúbki akó sing humáy nga isá ka gántang. Pound a ganta of immature rice for me. Ilubúk akó ánay siníng hinúlas nga humáy. Please pound this heat-dried rice for me.

Burial, funeral, exequies, obsequies, interment, inhumation, entombment; to bury, inter, inhume, consign to the grave, hide in the ground. Ilubúng na lang ang patáy nga karabáw, kay índì mapúslan ang íya kárne. Just bury the dead buffalo, for his meat is of no use. Sán-o kamú magalubúng sang minatáy? When will you bury the dead? When will the funeral take place? Dirí may linubúng nga pílak nga nasulúd sa tibúd, konó, ápang túbtub karón walâ maquítà. Here, they say, a pot of money was buried, but till now it has not been found. Amó iní ang linúbngan sa ákon ilóy. This is the grave, where my mother was buried (laid to rest). (see kótkot, lulúbngan).

Initiation, purification, ablution; to purify with superstitious rites, especially on Holy Friday, in the belief that such rites will make the participant healthy and strong and give him great courage. Ang mga babáylan nagahímò sing lubús sa ádlaw nga Biérnes Sánto. The medicine-men perform the rite of purification on Holy Friday. Nagapanlubús siá. He is taking part in, or being initiated into, the rite of the lubús. (see panínlò).