Hiligaynon Dictionary

ángay

Hiligaynon

Match, equality, suitability, propriety, fitness; matched, equal, suitable, proper, fit, adapted, proportioned; to be well matched, equal, suitable, fit, etc. Waláy ángay nga kalípay. A joy or pleasure that has no equal. Iníng báyò ángay gid sa ímo. This jacket fits you well. Dílì ángay inâ. That is not proper, is unharmonious, is out of proportion, etc. Dílì magángay sa ímo iníng kálò. This hat does not suit-, fit-, you. Iníng bátà maangayán gid sináng bistído, duág, etc. That short dress, colour, etc. will suit this girl very well. (see ányò).

árag

Hiligaynon

To select, choose, seek out and collect, especially applied to picking out the best or ripest fruit or grain from among the rest, as beans, monggo, rice, etc. Arága ang balátong. Pluck the ripe beans. Arági iníng humáy. Gather from this rice-field the ripest ears. Manuláon pa kamí ánay kag magárag sing kadiós. First we will look for vegetables and select the best kadiós-peas. (see ág-ag, pílì).

binákol

Hiligaynon

Beaten, whipped, flogged. (see bákol).

bugá

Hiligaynon

To belch forth, spit out, as a volcano; to chew betelnut, spit it into the hand, rub if and then apply it as an ointment to a child, etc. to protect it against catching a cold, stomach-ache or the like. Ang bolkán nagbugá sing mga bató nga natúnaw sa kaínit. The volcano threw out molten stones. Bugahí ang bátà sing minamâ. Rub the baby with chewed betelnut. Ipabugá mo sa íya ang ímo bátà, kay siá nagamamâ. Hand your baby over to her for a rubbing, for she is chewing betelnut. Nagsakít ang tiyán sang bátà, kay walâ níla pagbugahí. The child got a stomach-ache, because they did not massage it with chewed betelnut.

dúg-on

Hiligaynon

To put-, place-, upon, etc. See dát-og, dát-ol. Dug-oní-dat-olí.

íkbaw

Hiligaynon

To pop up one's head, raise or lift one's head a little in order to spy or observe slyly, peep. Nagíkbaw siá sa tungâ sang tígbaw. He popped up his head from among the tígbaw-grass. Iíkbaw ang úlo mo kag tan-awón kon sín-o dirâ. Lift up your head a little and see who is there. (see úkbaw).

kaatúbang

Hiligaynon

One who is in front of, or facing, another; confronter, confronting. (atúbang).

kaisá

Hiligaynon

Once; sometimes. Kon kaisá--. Now and then, sometimes--. (see makaisá, kís-a).

panagátsat

Hiligaynon

Freq. of sagátsat-to talk-, answer-back, give a sharp or thoughtless answer, retort. (see sátsat, panátsat).

panglábnot

Hiligaynon

Freq. of lábnot-to draw, pull out.

pasibangúd

Hiligaynon

See pabangúd id.

písta

Hiligaynon

See piésta-feast. (see pándut).

samparahón

Hiligaynon

Subject to fits of great excitement or irritability, one having periods of violent temper. (see alabúton, sarápwon, pikón).

siprés

Hiligaynon

(Sp. ciprés) Cypress.

táihop

Hiligaynon

To blow through a tube, blow by means of a tube or by means of a pair of bellows. Taihopí (Táiphi) ang kaláyo. Blow the fire through a tube. (see húyup, huyúp).

táka

Hiligaynon

To become hard, compact, closely packed, to coalesce, stick together, especially said of rice left too long in the kettle without stirring. Natáka (Nagkatáka) ang tiníg-ang, kay walâ pagkalikára (-áda). The rice stuck together in the kettle, because it was not stirred. (see bilóg, dokót).

tirár

Hiligaynon

(Sp. tirar) To throw, cast, shoot, hurl, fling, launch, let fly, dart, toss, pitch, chuck, fire, discharge, let off. (see habúy, pilák, bálang, lúthang, badíl).

tókap

Hiligaynon

To cover over with a patch, put a patch on, patch, mend clothes, shoes, etc. Tokápi ang ákon mga sapátos. Mend my boots. (see lunúb).

usá

Hiligaynon

Deer. (see lágsaw).

yútyut

Hiligaynon

To bend, curve, give way, sag. (see abóy, táboy, lúy-on).

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