amolít

Hiligaynon

To harm, damage, injure, spite, do mischief to. Indì ka magamolít sa ákon-or-índì mo akó pagamolitán. Don't do me any harm. Don't harm me. Ginamolitán níla ang íya mga tanúm. They did damage to his plants out of spite. Sarìsárì ang mga pahítò nga íla gingámit sa pagamolít sang íya pangabúhì. They used various means to make his life miserable. Madámù nga mga pagbutángbútang ang íla ginamolít sa íya. They resorted to many calumnies in order to harm him. Inamolitán níla ang íya kalubihán. They spitefully damaged his coconut-plantation. (see dáut, tístis, panístis).


bálì

Hiligaynon

To fracture, rupture, break without severing, to bend or twist so as to break, but without tearing off entirely. Nabálì ang íya bútkon. He broke his arm. Ginbálì níya ang alobaybayán sang hágdan. He broke the handrail of the ladder or stair. Balía ang sangá sang káhoy nga nagabálag (sang) sa dálan. Bend back and twist the branch that obstructs the road.


bángan

Hiligaynon

To ambush, lie secretly in wait for. Nagbángan siá sa ákon. He lay in wait for me. Nabangánan or binangánan siá. He was ambushed. Nakabatî siá nga may nagabángan sa íya; tungúd sinâ índì siá magpaúlì. He heard that somebody was lying in wait for him; therefore he would not go home. (see bánggà).


bangî, -bangî

Hiligaynon

The fiddler-crab, a kind of crab remarkable for its unequal claws, one being much larger than the other, especially in the male.


bóo

Hiligaynon

A piece of anything roundish or cubical, applied to eggs, various kinds of fruit, stones, etc. (see bílog, bátò, bináto, boók, binántuk, binángto).



búyla

Hiligaynon

To pull, drag, push, etc. See búlya, búklas.


gúbuk, gubúk

Hiligaynon

To attend, go to, gather, come together, assemble, assist, be at, congregate, collect, be present at. (see dúguk, támbong, típon).


gúmi

Hiligaynon

(B) Splinter, etc. See gómi.


kalabawán

Hiligaynon

The larger or greater share, more than others, or more than is left; excess, superfluity, superabundance, redundancy, what is beyond due limits. (see labáw).


láng-at

Hiligaynon

Interruption, interval, interstice, break, respite, interim, meantime; distance from; to put in an interval, be distant from, etc. Lang-atán mo sing isá ka ádlaw kag ugáling magbálik ka. Knock off for one day and then return. Come back the day after to-morrow. May láng-at nga duhá ka táknà. There was (is) an interval or pause of two hours. Nagláng-at siá sing diótay nga tión kag pumadáyon siá sang íya paglakát. He stopped for a few moments and then continued his march. (see langán, puót, bál-ot, tápnà).


óho

Hiligaynon

(Sp. ojo) Eye; look out! Beware! (see ohó).


oradór

Hiligaynon

(Sp. orador) Orator, public speaker, preacher. (see mangwawáli, makigpulóngpúlong).


organísta

Hiligaynon

(Sp. organista) Organist, a player on the organ.


pakisúay

Hiligaynon

To pick a quarrel with, altercate, wrangle-, dispute-, argue-, contend-, with. Pakigsúay id. (see súay, paki-, pakig-).


pangánit

Hiligaynon

Freq. of ánit-to flay, skin, etc. Kon mangánit kitá sa ibán, anítan man kitá. If we flay others, we shall be flayed ourselves i.e. The evil done by us to others will recoil on ourselves.


patískug

Hiligaynon

To stiffen, strengthen. Patiskugá ang likód sang ákon báyò. Stiffen (with lining) the back of my jacket. (pa, tískug).


síksik

Hiligaynon

To finger, handle, fumble, examine the hair (squeezing it from the root upwards through the fingers, as when looking for nits or lice). Indì ka magságad síksik (Indì ka maníksik) sang bohók mo, kay maláw-ay. Don't keep fingering your hair, for it is not nice. Siksikí ang íya bohók kon may lusâ. Examine her hair; there may be nits in it.


tumbalík

Hiligaynon

To turn, return, go back, retrace one's steps. (see panumbalík, bálik, paúlì).


upók

Hiligaynon

To stand, bear, suffer, eat, etc. something, by constraint or through the force of circumstances. Maupók kitá sang ugá, kay mahál ang ísdà nga láb-as. We have to content ourselves with eating dry fish, because fresh fish is too dear. (see batás, ántus, tupús).


wakalán

Hiligaynon

A great chatterbox; boaster, braggart. (see wákal, buraán, palahámbal, hadakán).


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