Nickname for a Chinaman (used humorously or in contempt).
(Sp. vocabulario) Vocabulary, lexicon, dictionary. (see kapulúngan).
To make as if to strike, to lift up one's arm, a weapon, stick or the like (as if to strike). Ihayáw ang ímo kamót. Lift up your hand. Hayawí (Hayawá) siá sang ímo bastón. Threaten him with your stick-or-Brandish your stick (before) at him. Indì mo paghayawán (paghayawón) sang ímo kamót ang ímo ginikánan. Don't raise your hand against your parents. Ginhayáw níya sa ákon ang íya binángon. He raised his bolo at me. (see bayáw, tukháyaw).
To be or become easy, facile. Naghulás ang pagdáro, kay naulanán ang dútà sing madámol kagáb-i. Now it is easy to plough, for a heavy rain fell on the fields last night. Pahulasá ang íya trabáho. Make his work easy. Nahulasán akó sa pagtoón sang ininglés. It was easy for me to learn English. (see hapús).
Shoot, stolon, layer; a plant developed from the seed in a seedling-pot to be transferred later on, together with the seedling-pot, to some suitable ground; to rear or grow plants in that manner. Húnul ka sing páhò. Grow a seedling from the mango (in a seedling pot). Itanúm ang húnul. Plant the seedling, pot and all. Hunúli ang páhò. Layer the mango-tree (by bending down one of its branches to the ground and covering it partly with earth. Roots will develop in due time and the layer is then detached from the parent tree).
Dim. of ibán. Kon ibán-ibán lang ikáw, índì gid akó magpáti sang ímo sógò. If you were someone else, I would not obey your order.
To pick, pluck, cull, gather, break off, snap off. Ipóa yanáng mga búlak. Pluck those flowers. Ipói akó sináng mga páhò. Gather those mangoes for me. Iípò akó ánay sináng mga talóng sa pamulákan. Please gather the ripe eggplants in the garden for me. Sín-o ang nagípò siníng búnga? Who picked this fruit?
Cantonese, pertaining to-, made in-, from-Canton in China, applied to a variety of textiles, silk-fabrics, poultry, etc., coming from China, especially from Canton.
Pertaining to latóy; slender, thin.
Dim. and Freq. of liáy. Also: to move, shake, swing to and fro.
See makangingídlis-shocking, etc.
Conform, conformable, agreeing, willing, ready, complying, compliant, obliging, obedient, docile, yielding. (see sugút).
Illegitimate, adulterine, spurious, bastard, offspring of adultery.
(H) Streaked, interspersed with. Salamayón sang dugô ang íya nga dúplà. His spittle is streaked with blood. (see saramayón id.; sámay).
(Sp. señorita) Miss, young lady. (see gíning).
A part of a tuber with at least one eye in it for planting; to cut up tubers into "sulá". Sulahá ang úbi. Cut the úbi in pieces. Sulahí akó sing tátlo ka sulá nga úbi. Cut for me three pieces of úbi (for planting).
To stretch out, extend, straighten a limb, a rope, etc. Untayá ang ímo bútkon. Stretch out your arm. Hold your arm out straight. Iúntay ang ímo tiíl. Stretch forth your foot. Untayí siá siníng kalát, kay íya aláson (pagaaláson). Straighten this rope for him, for he is going to wind it up. Iúntay mo akó siníng hábul, kay madámù sing yokót. Please smooth this blanket for me, because it is full of wrinkles. (see tádlong, táning).
Retail, small quantity, little by little; to retail, deal in small quantities, do little by little, by little and little, in small instalments, etc. Ginautáyutáy lang níya ang pagbáyad sang íya útang. He is paying off his debt in small amounts at a time (in (by) instalments). Maáyo kon índì mo pagtíngban sang íya galastóhon ang bátà mo nga nagatoón sa Manílà, kóndì utáyutayán mo lang. It is advisable (good policy) not to give your son that is studying in Manila the whole amount for his expenses in a lump sum, but to let him have it by instalments (by small remittances from time to time). Bungkagá lang ang isá mo ka manóso (máno) nga tabákò kag ipautáyutáy, agúd madalî maúrut sang bakál. Just undo one of your bundles of tobacco-leaves and sell it retail so that it may be bought up soon. Nagabalígyà siá sing utáyutáy. He is selling retail. He is a retail-merchant. (see píndak-wholesale).
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