bágol

Hiligaynon

To strike with the head, to strike or knock heads together, to push head against head. Nagabagoláy silá. They are butting or striking head against head. Ginabágol níla ang íla úlo. They are knocking their heads together. (see pókol).


búrus

Hiligaynon

See búros.


empáke

Hiligaynon

(Sp. empaque) Packing; to pack. Empakéha ang kalámay. Pack the sugar. Iempáke iníng mga bayóong sa kalámay. Use these sacks of matting to pack the sugar in. (see putús, baláhos, bágtong).


fuérsa

Hiligaynon

(Sp. fuerza) Force, strength, might, vigour; coercion, compulsion; to force, compel, etc. (see kusúg, kabákud, kabáskug, kapág-on, kalíg-on, pakúsug, pílit, lúgus, puérsa).


hiniráya

Hiligaynon

The dialect of the mountains, etc. See hinaráya id.



kamáng-kámang

Hiligaynon

Dim. of kámang. To creep, crawl, jog along.


kílaw

Hiligaynon

To eat raw fish or meat. Malúyag ka magkílaw sing ísdà? Would you like to eat some raw fish? Sa dakû nga kadalók kinílaw níya ang báboy. Very greedily he ate some raw pork. Kiláwa lang ang gunô. Simply eat some raw "gunô".


kulitút

Hiligaynon

Wrinkled, etc. See koritót.


linágo

Hiligaynon

Striped, streaked, variegated (particularly applied to rough hemp-cloth or cotton goods). (see lágo-worm; sinamáy).


lusók

Hiligaynon

Pierced, destroyed with a pointed instrument (of eyes). Lusók ang íya nga matá. His eye is destroyed (due to having been pierced by a pointed instrument).


luyág-lúyag

Hiligaynon

Dim. and Freq. of lúyag. Also: whim, caprice, fancy, wish, desire, hankering.


pádre

Hiligaynon

(Sp. padre) Father, Reverend Father, Priest. Maáyong ága, pádre. Good morning, Father. Si Pádre Felipe--. Father Philip--. Ang Pádre Kura. The Parish Priest.


pangásì

Hiligaynon

An intoxicating drink prepared from rice, rice-beer. The pangásì is usually sipped by means of a small tube and served only on special occasions as at a marriage-feast, etc. Superstitious practitioners (babáylan) use the pangásì at their yearly assemblies near their "sacred places" called by them the "halígi sang kalibútan".


paútus

Hiligaynon

To prolong, protract, take a long time, lengthen out, extend the duration of. Indì kamó magpaútus sang ínyo nga sugilánon. Don't talk too long. Don't engage in a long conversation. Abáw, nagpaútus ang párì sang íya sermón. Goodness me! The priest preached a long sermon. Pautúsi gid ang maís, agúd makaisá na lang náton ibulád. Let the corn ripen well, so that we may have to dry it in the sun only once. (pa, útus).


píko

Hiligaynon

(Sp. pico) Pick, pickaxe; picul, a measure of sugar weighing 63,26 kilos.


rúpsak

Hiligaynon

To smash, crush, be crushed, etc. See rúbsak.


suák

Hiligaynon

The flower-bud of the coconut-palm, particularly the hard, tough sheaths that envelope the flower before it blossoms and falls; to bud (of coconuts). Nagasuák na ang lubí. The coconut-palm is budding. (see swák).


táyok

Hiligaynon

A sipping tube, pipe, reed; to sip through a tube or piece of straw. Tayóki ang gátas. Sip the milk through a tube. Táyok nga góma. A rubber tube.


tindógan

Hiligaynon

Stand, position, stand-point, principle, point of view, ground one stands upon. (see tíndog, tinindógan).


túig

Hiligaynon

The year; time. Also used as verb. Sa túig nga iní. Sa nián (karón) nga túig nga nagalakát. This (present, current) year. Sang túig nga tinalíkdan (naglígad). Last year. Sang tátlo ka túig. Three years ago. Walâ gid matuígi ang íya paglúntad dídto. His stay there did not last a full year. Sa mga túig sang katuigán. For ever and ever. (see tinúig, tuíg-túig, dág-on).


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