ámlig

Hiligaynon

Care, attention, caution; to handle with care, to guard well or be careful with. Amligí ang bág-o nga kínke. Handle the new lamp with care. Ginamligán níya ang íya panápton, agúd índì mabulingán. He was careful with his clothes, lest they should become soiled. Iámlig akó ánay siní. Please take care of this for me. Paamligán mo sa íya ang mga báso, agúd nga dílì mabúong. Tell him to handle the glasses with care, lest they should be broken. Ipaámlig sa íya ang tanán nga mga galamitón sa baláy. Let him look carefully after all the furniture in the house. (see ándam, kaámlig, mainamlígon).


anhelíto

Hiligaynon

Another Dim. of ánhel; a small child.


áwang

Hiligaynon

(B) Well, cistern, pithole for bathing or drawing water, water-hole. Also used as a verb. Ginawángan námon ang apán. We dug pits for the locusts (to kill and bury them in), (see bubón, bubón and áwang are used promiscuously in some places, but more generally "bubón" means a water-hole near a river, etc. for bathing purposes, and "áwang" a well or cistern for drawing water for household purposes).


dumalágkù

Hiligaynon

(H) Large, tall, great, big. Dumalágkù silá sing kalíwat. They come of a race of tall men. They belong to a family-line of tall people. Their ancestors were tall. (see dakû, dalágkù, lántiog).


estrelyádo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. estrellado) Fried (of eggs); egg-slice, turnover.



halakotón

Hiligaynon

That is to be hauled, carried, conveyed, etc. (see hákot).


ihibaló

Hiligaynon

The faculty of understanding, intellect, mind, reason, thought. (see hibaló).


ísrot

Hiligaynon

To know. See másrot. Kon may naisrotán lang akó--. If I only had some knowledge or education--. (see másngà).


katálaw

Hiligaynon

Cowardice, faint-heartedness, funk, timidity, poltroonery, weakness. (tálaw).


lantáka

Hiligaynon

(Sp. lantaca) A small culverin, light piece of ordnance or artillery, much used by the Philippine army in their fight against Spain and America.


makárat

Hiligaynon

Pungent, acrid, etc. See maádat.


matám-is

Hiligaynon

Sweet, sugary, syrupy, delectable (of food and drink); delightful, delicious, pleasant (of music, smells and feelings); kind, gentle, tender (of speech, disposition and sentiments); pleasing, beautiful, nice, pretty (to see). (tám-is). (see marímis).


ogád-ógad

Hiligaynon

To practise well, repeat, go over again and again. Ogádogára inâ. Practise it well. (see sulítsúlit, ugádúgad).


piód-píod

Hiligaynon

Dim. of píod. Páypay nga piódpíod. A folding fan.


rúmbo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. rumbo) Bearing, course, direction, route, way towards; beeline; to take the beeline, go straight towards. (see padúlung, áyon, láktud, laktúran).


sékta

Hiligaynon

(Sp. secta) Sect, branch; the teaching of a sect. (see búnghay).


sórò

Hiligaynon

To fizz, fizzle, hiss, bubble, effervesce. Magasórò (Masórò) ang limonáda kon búksan (abrihán) mo ang botílya. Lemonade effervesces when you open the bottle.


tagínop, tagínup

Hiligaynon

To dream, have visions, perceive intuitively, conceive a plan, an idea, a scheme, etc. See panagín-up, panagínup.


tipúngkò

Hiligaynon

(B) Thickset, stumpy, stocky, stout, having a short, thick body, having a large circumference in comparison to height. Natipungkoán akó kariá nga kampanáryo. (Sa ákon panúluk daw pulúndan iníng kampanáryo). This belfry seems to me to be very stumpy, stocky. Matipúngkò gid tána. (Pandákà gid siá). She is very thickset, short and stout. (see búdul, pándak, pudól, karibúd).


yánta

Hiligaynon

(Sp. llanta) Tire, tyre, hoop, wheel-tyre, the iron hoop that protects the rim of a wheel.


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