To bespeak, speak to, warn, forewarn, inform beforehand of a secret plan, a hidden scheme and the like. Ginbalasánan níya silá nga--. He told them beforehand that--. Balasáni siá sinâ. Warn him of that. Give him a hint of that or inform him of it beforehand. Binalasánan níla ang pagháwid kag pagbukás sang íya nga mga sulát. They agreed or conspired to retain and open his correspondence. Ibalásan mo akó sa íya siníng áton ginkasugtánan. Kindly inform him of this our agreement. Ipahibaló mo sa íya iní, agúd mabalasánan siá sang tanán nga takús níya buháton. Report this to him, that he may know what he should do or that he may be aware of everything and can make his arrangements accordingly.
See balikwâ id. Balikwatá-balikwaá.
(B) Cut in two, halved, split asunder, cloven. Binalangkáan nga nióg (lubí). A coconut split open. Split coconut husks. (see balángkà, binalúk-an).
A landslide, avalanche; to fall, slide, break down (of a hill-side, etc.). Naghunâ ang bánglid, búkid, etc. There was a landslide on the slope, in the mountain, etc. Nahún-an ang baláy sang dútà. The house was covered with earth, was crushed by the avalanche. (see tíbhag, típhag, tímpa).
Faculty, capacity, power, authority, might. (see gahúm).
Less than required or expected, short, insufficient, inadequate, not enough, too little, deficient, deficit; to lack, fall short, be inadequate, etc. Kúlang iní. This is short-or-This is too little. Kúlang gid inâ sa íla nga tanán. That certainly is not enough for all of them. Nagkúlang ang bíno. There was not enough wine. Nakulángan akó sing kwárta. I ran short of money. Pakulángi siá sing limá ka dakû. Give him five centavos less. Pinakulángan níya ang bilí sang líbro sing napúlò ka dakû. He lowered the price of the book by ten centavos. Kúlang karón ang ísdà. There is at present a dearth or scarcity of fish. (see kabús, kulábus).
Flatnosed, snubnosed. (see kulapâ).
To turn up the eyes, stare at, scowl, look fixedly at, put on a frowning look, to look sour, look daggers (as one in anger or passion); to squint, roll the eyes, goggle. (see búslo, balingasó).
Self-respecting, formal, modest, decent, proper, not frivolous. (see úgdang, maúgdang).
Now, at last, already, at present, so soon. Manyága na kitá. Let us now have dinner. Adlaw na, bángon kamó. It is already broad day-light, get up. Tápus na? Finished so soon (already)? Tápus na. This is the end of it. Finished. Ari na siá. He is now here. N.B. The na in the Visayan language is much more used than the "now, already" of English and may often be left out in translation without impairing the sense. (see karón, don, ron, kár-on).
(Sp. santa) Saint, saintly, holy (fem.). Ang Sánta Iglésya. Holy Church. Ang Simána Sánta. Holy Week. Sánta Katalína. St. Catharine. (see sánto, sántos).
To push, prod, jab, thrust against. Sumbalí siá sang bagát. Give him a prod with the pole. Isúmbal sa íya iníng bastón. Jab this stick against him. Jab him with this stick. (see túslok, tisók, tíslok, hárog, hándus, dúgdug).
(B) To scrape together, collect, gather, heap, mass, bring together; to separate, scrape or scoop away from a common heap, or the like. Takiná ang barás kag hákpon. (Tipóna (paína) ang balás kag hakúpon mo). Heap the sand together (with your hand) and scoop it up. (see típon, káka, páin).
The spine, shoulder-blades, back. (talúdtud id.).
To fill or cover all, complete, finish, comprise or include all, terminate (rice-planting, etc.). (see híl-ob).
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