ahénte

Hiligaynon

(Sp. agente) Agent, actor, minister, commissioner. (see manugtátap, tulugyánan, manugpalápnag).


ambúlung

Hiligaynon

A tropical plant, from whose berries an excellent mucilage is obtained and whose roots yield tapioca; a cassava plant. (see balínghoy, kamotingkáhoy).


balitáng

Hiligaynon

Anything that tightens, stiffens, clasps, holds something together: brace, clamp, clasp, manacle, shackles; the piece of wood on either side of a hammock. (see balískog, bánting, pángkog).


binaklanáy

Hiligaynon

Buying, commerce, business; to buy, etc. (see bakál).


desmáyo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. desmayo) Swoon, faint, fainting fit, syncope, collapse; to swoon, faint, collapse, become-insensible,-unconscious,-destitute of feeling, lose consciousness, go off in a faint, lose one's senses. Naabután siá sing desmáyo or nadesmáyo siá. He fainted. (see lípong, lipóng).



dóol

Hiligaynon

Sucker, offshoot, shoot, (as of the pagátpat-tree, etc.).


embustéro

Hiligaynon

Liar, tale-bearer, tale-teller, tell-tale, impostor, cheat, trickster, hypocrite, dissembler. (see butigón, madinayáon, etc.).


kabuyáwon

Hiligaynon

Pertaining to or afflicted with "kabúyaw".


kahálwos

Hiligaynon

(B) Weakness, feebleness, languor, debility, exhaustion through lack of food. (see hálwos).


kalímot

Hiligaynon

(H) Forgetfulness, oblivion. (límot; see kalígà).


kumpári

Hiligaynon

See kompári id.


láhin

Hiligaynon

Ripe, mature, seasoned; to ripen, be ripe (of nuts especially). May lubí ka nga láhin? Have you any ripe coconuts? Nagaláhin na ang mga lubí dirâ. The coconuts there are ripening, maturing. Iníng lubí nalahínan na sang íya mga búnga. This coconut-palm has ripe fruit.


pamahál

Hiligaynon

To make dear, overcharge, sell at a high (extravagant) price, ask (exorbitantly) much, raise-, put up-, boost-, the price. Pamahalá ang tubâ. Raise the price of tubâ. Ginpamahál níya ang mga kólon sing taglimá ka dakû. He put five centavos more on-, he put up (boosted) the price of-, each earthen rice-pot (by five centavos).


pangadtó-kádto

Hiligaynon

Dim. of pangádto. To go (pass) to and fro, roam or walk-about,-from place to place.


pangáwat

Hiligaynon

(H) Freq. of káwat-to steal, etc. (see panákaw, tákaw, paníkas).


parák

Hiligaynon

(H) A lump, mass, compact piece (of sugar, etc.). (padák id.).


salámbud

Hiligaynon

(H) Anything used for twisting or winding round, a rope, etc. (see sabúd, sámbud, balámbud, higót). Also pl. form of sámbud-to wind, turn around an object.


súlhay

Hiligaynon

(B) To feel fresh, be comfortable, as after a bath on a hot day, or the like. Nagsúlhay ron ang památyag ko, hay nakaparígos akó. (Nagprésko (Présko) na ang ákon památyag, kay nakapalígos akó). I feel quite fresh now, because I have taken a bath. (see présko, táwhay, maáyo).


tómo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. tomo) Volume, book, tome; bulk, size. (see tulún-an, kadakû, kadák-an). See also túmu-to soak, saturate with, etc.


túndà

Hiligaynon

Announcement, news, information, declaration, message; to announce, declare, make known, let one know, tell, give one to understand, bring a message, herald, proclaim, promulgate. Ang mga manugbántay sang mga háyup gintundaán sang isá ka ánhel (anhél). The shepherds received the message of an angel. Itúndà sa íya ngag--. Make known to him that--. May nabáton nga túndà nga--. A message has been received to the effect that--. (see balítà, pahibaló).


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