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Dandruff, scurf. See adíkdik id.
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A skin disease. See arikís id.
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To nourish, nurture, rear, bring up, foster, take good care of, look after with kindness and consideration. Aliláa sing maáyo ang bátà, ang masakít, ang pilasón, etc. Look well after the baby, the sick person, the wounded man, etc. Ialílà akó ánay siníng makaloló-oy nga táo. Kindly take upon yourself the care of this poor fellow. Si San Hosé dílì sumúod nga amáy ni Hesukrísto, kóndì amáy nga manugalílà lámang. St. Joseph was not the real father of Jesus Christ, but only his foster-father. Ginalílà níya ang ílo nga bátà súbong sang sumúod níya nga anák. She brought up or reared the orphan-child as if it were her own daughter. (see sagúd, batití, sapópo).
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A loan contract, the loan to be paid, mostly at usurious interest, in agricultural products; to borrow money on such a contract. Kon índì ka magbáyad sing túbò, índì ka makaalíli. If you are unwilling to pay interest, you cannot get a loan. Nagsilíng siá sa ákon nga pagapaalilíhan ikáw níya sing napúlò ka mángmang kon magbáyad ka sa íya sing ánum ka pásong nga humáy sa tubás. He told me that he will lend you ten pesos, if you will pay him six bushels of rice at the harvest-time. Ipaalíli lang sa íya ang tátlo ka mángmang nga íya kinahánglan. Just lend him the three pesos he needs. Sing masamí ang mga manugpaalíli nagasokót sing lakás nga túbò. Very often money-lenders on an alíli-contract charge exorbitant interest. (see útang, hulám, língit, ángkat).
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(B) The hand. Pagpangalíma-to handle, handle roughly, come to blows, etc. Indì ka mangalíma sa íya or índì mo siá pagpangalimáhon. Don't touch him. Don't strike him-, handle him-, roughly. (see kamót).
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(B) To take in hand, to handle or take care of. Alimahón mo gánì iníng mga bátà. Take care of these children, then. Ialimá akó ánay siníng mga bátà. Lend me a hand, please, in taking care of these children.
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A crab, much steemed[typo for "esteemed"] for food, the "aligyanán" in particular being much in demand. (see kaság).
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Mountain-leech, black and white in colour, a little smaller than the ordinary leech. (see líntà).
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A variety of coconut. See limbáhon, libáhon.
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To bubble, froth, foam, seethe; a bubble, foam, froth. Nagaalimbukád ang túbig sa bubón. The water in the bathing-hole is bubbling. May alimbukád ang túbig sa áwang. The water in the cistern is frothy or foamy. Paalimbukará (-adá) ang túbig. Make the water bubble (by stirring, throwing stones into it, etc.). (see bukál, akál-akál).
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Black, blackish, brown, dun, swarthy, swart, swarth, dark, especially applied to fowls, but also to the coloured races of men. Ang mga bukáy kag alimbúyug. The whites and blacks, the white and dark-coloured races. (see ilómilóm, kayumánggì).
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A whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex, a rapid circular current of air or water. (see búyung-to revolve or turn round).
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A plant whose seeds are often made up into necklaces or used as beads.
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A bird; a kind of wild pigeon.
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A fish similar to the haroán, but smaller.
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Superficial, on the surface, not deep, not from the heart, hypocritical, insincere, cool, merely formal; careless, perfunctory, negligent. Abáw, alimpapáw gid lang ang pagtúman mo sang ímo katungdánan. Why, you are very negligent or careless in the performance of your duties. Alimpapáw lang ang íya nga pagsímba. He goes to church only to keep up appearances. (see halimpapáw, salimpapáw, pakuláhaw).
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A hollow, a shallow depression in the soil, in a floor, etc.; hollow, depressed, lower than the surrounding ground; to be or become depressed, etc. Tápana ang mga boklód-bóklod kag tampokán mo ang mga alimpásong, agúd magsaláma ang dútà. Lower the mounds and fill in the hollows in the ground, that the land may become level. (see limpásong, libaón, lúpyak).
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