adóbi

Hiligaynon

(Sp. adobe) Mud-bricks, sun-dried bricks, adobe.


áhag

Hiligaynon

To choose, select, pick out. (see ág-ag, árag, pílì, áno).


balónas

Hiligaynon

(B) To wash rice (bugás) previous to boiling it. Balonási ang bugás. Wash the hulled rice. Ibalónas akó siníng bugás. Please wash this rice for me. (see balinónas-the water in which rice has been washed; kilís id.).


baradlísan

Hiligaynon

(B) See baladlísan id.


burágwit

Hiligaynon

To spirt, spurt, squirt (said especially of the evacuations of one suffering from diarrhoea). (see buganóy, bugít-bugít).



darawídaw

Hiligaynon

A kind of bird. Daw darawídaw ikáw. You are like a darawidaw-bird, i.e. an incessant talker, a great chatterbox.


ginaka

Hiligaynon

A verbal prefix denoting the present passive of intransitive verbs, e.g. ginakalipáyan ko iní. I am glad of it. I enjoy this.


hululátan

Hiligaynon

(H) Waiting room. (see hulát).


kakulión

Hiligaynon

(H) Laboriousness, etc. See kakúlì.


katáwhay

Hiligaynon

Tranquillity, peace, peacefulness, freedom from worry, obstruction or opposition, calmness. (táwhay).


káti

Hiligaynon

To decoy, catch birds by a decoy; to provoke, excite, induce, lure, allure, draw, draw on. Amó inâ gánì ang ginakáti (ikáti) níya sa ákon. That is exactly what he is enticing me with. (see katián).


limunsíto

Hiligaynon

(Sp. limón, limoncillo) A kind of shrub with lemon-like fruit containing a viscous juice that is often used as paste.


malagílok

Hiligaynon

Resembling-, like-, as fine as-, as small as-, fine or small chaff called "gílok", etc. Walâ siá sing bisán malagílok nga salâ. He is not at fault at all. He does not deserve the slightest blame.


orásan

Hiligaynon

Watch, clock, time-piece, chronometer, dial. Orásan nga dibólsa (Sp. de bolsa). A watch. Orásan nga sa díngding. A clock. (see taknáan).


pakisúay

Hiligaynon

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


panínggol

Hiligaynon

To move, affect, stir, scare, deter; to listen to, pay attention to, desist, yield, be scared or deterred. Inâ walâ makapanínggol sa íla. That did not move or deter them. That made no impression on them. Indì na siá manínggol (magpanínggol) sang dakû nga kapíot kag kalisdánan. He does not allow himself any longer to be deterred by the great hardships and difficulties (involved). Walâ silá magpanínggol sang dakû nga túgnaw. They did not desist in spite of the great cold. (see tínggol, dîmanínggol, patubalíng, patubaríng, paubág, pasúpil).


paralíyo

Hiligaynon

One who is always borrowing money; a troublesome or quarrelsome person, a nuisance, bother. (see lío, líyo).


pusút-púsut

Hiligaynon

Dim. and Freq. of púsut. Nagapusútpúsut iníng lúnang. This mud is very soft (slushy, watery). (see mahómok, tubígon).


salík-sálik

Hiligaynon

See salíksik.


yunô-yúnò

Hiligaynon

(B) To strut, walk with pomposity or affected dignity, move the head and shoulders coquettishly, or the like. (see yuódyúod).


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