boroboníka

Hiligaynon

(B) See boroboník-doll, puppet.


bulák-búlak

Hiligaynon

Dim. of búlak. Also: Anything resembling a flower; flower of speech, flowery (of speech).


dosél

Hiligaynon

(Sp. dosel) Canopy, baldachin, dais with canopy.


gihó-gího

Hiligaynon

Dim. and Freq. of gího. Igihógího ang abága mo. Move your shoulder a little. (see hulághúlag).


grátis

Hiligaynon

(Sp. gratis) Free, gratis, gratuitous, for nothing, without reciprocity or equivalent return. (see sa, walâ, sing, báyad).



huksáray

Hiligaynon

To fall down unconscious, lie on the floor in a fit or swoon, tumble to the ground, have a breakdown. Sa hinálì naghuksáray siá. Suddenly he dropped and lay there motionless (without a sign of life). (see hupsáray, hurápsay, id.).


ipô

Hiligaynon

Plucked, picked, culled, broken off. Ipô nga búlak. A picked, plucked flower.


késo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. queso) Cheese.


kombidádo

Hiligaynon

Also: an invited guest.


lilimósan

Hiligaynon

(H) A person or object worthy of an alms or on whose behalf alms are collected or solicited. (see limós).


mananákay

Hiligaynon

Passenger, traveller on any vehicle on land, sea or in the air. (sakáy; see sumalákay id.).


pahálmok

Hiligaynon

To soften, make pliable or supple. Pahalmokí ang tabákò. Soften the tobacco-leaves. Ipahálmok sa tabákò iníng mga dáhon sang lúmboy. Use these lumboy-leaves to make the tobacco soft. (pa, hálmok).


panúg-an

Hiligaynon

Freq. of túg-an-to promise, make a promise, to engage to do. Ginpanug-anán akó níya sing mahál nga sóhol. He promised me a good salary or good wages. Ang madalás sa panúg-an mahínay sa pagtúman sang íya nga ginpanúg-an. He who promises in a hurry is slow to redeem his promise.


púka

Hiligaynon

To rise-, be up-, early. See pamúka.


pungíl

Hiligaynon

Having a bit (piece) broken off; to be chipped, said of glass-ware, pottery and crockery. (see písang, pingás, bingáw).


tánglà

Hiligaynon

(H) To look up, raise the head or eyes towards heaven, lift the eyes. Tanglaá ang lángit. Look up to heaven. Itánglà ang ímo mga matá. Raise your eyes. Tinanglaán sang íya mga matá ang íya maguláng (mánong) nga nagsákà sa matág-as nga káhoy. His eyes were raised towards his eldest brother who had climbed a high tree. (see tukyáhaw, tukháyaw, tangâ, bayáw).


tugás

Hiligaynon

The heart-wood, the hard part of a tree, wood thoroughly mature (ripe) and seasoned. (see bákal-alburnum, sap-wood, the soft or outer part of a tree, often also different in colour from the hard or inner part of wood).


ulubáson

Hiligaynon

Immature rice, rice still less mature than the lubkánon. (see ubás, alányon-rice ripe for the harvest).


ulúnan

Hiligaynon

Pillow, head-rest, anything to rest one's head upon. (see ulún).


yélo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. hielo) Ice; to freeze, turn into ice.


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