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gabayán

Hiligaynon

Support, life-buoy, anything held or clung to for protection or security, as a floating spar in water, a handrail or the like. (see gabáy, uluyatán, kaláptan).


alobáybay

Hiligaynon

Handrail, railing to hold oneself by, balustrade. Also used as a verb. Alobaybayí ang hágdan sang ímo baláy. Make a handrail for the ladder leading up to your house. Iníng hágdan walâ sing alobáybay. This ladder has no handrail. Naalobaybayán ang íla nga pántaw. Their kitchen balcony is surrounded by a balustrade. Mangalobáy-bay kamó kon manáug. Keep your hand on the handrail when you go down-stairs. Nagapangalobáybay na ang bátà. The baby is already learning to walk or making its first steps by keeping itself up or supporting itself by holding on to a chair, a wall, etc. (see gabáy, gabayán).


alobaybayán

Hiligaynon

Handrail, balustrade. (see gabayán, alobáybay).


gabáy

Hiligaynon

To hold on to, cling to, clutch, grip, grasp, fasten upon, seize-, get-, lay-, take-, catch-, lay fast-, take firm-, hold of, keep oneself up by. Ginabayán níya ang kawáyan. He took hold of the bamboo. Gabayí ang kawáyan, agúd índì ka malumús. Keep yourself up by the bamboo, lest you drown. Gabayán mo sing maáyo ang alobaybayán, agúd índì ka mahúlug sa hágdan. Grasp the handrail well, lest you should fall down the ladder. Gabáy ka sa káhoy nga nagalutáw, agúd índì ka malumús. Cling to the floating piece of wood, lest you should drown. (see kapút, kápyot, úyat).


galabáyan

Hiligaynon

(H) Life-buoy, etc. See gabayán.



garabáyan

Hiligaynon

(B) See galabáyan, gabayán, alobáybay, gabáy.


pangúyat

Hiligaynon

Freq. of úyat-to hold, grasp, etc. Nahúlug siá, kay walâ siá mangúyat (magpangúyat) sa gabayán sang hágdan. He fell down the stairs because he did not hold fast to the handrail.


pasamáno

Hiligaynon

(Sp. pasamano) Handrail, banister. (see alobaybayán, gabayán).


salbabída

Hiligaynon

(Sp. salvavidas) Life-preserver, life-belt, life-buoy. (see gabayán).