List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 18

A kind of fish.

(H) Pool, puddle, waterhole, depression (in roads, fields, etc.). (see danáw).

To practise, drill, apply oneself to, be diligent. Kon magbalándra siá, magamaáyo siá nga manugtahî, manugkánta, etc. If she applies herself, she will become a good seamstress, singer, etc. (see hanáshánas, bánggad, ságad).

A club, bat. (see bálang, palakóg).

To throw, fling, hurl, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, send at, pelt, stone. Balánga siá sing bató. Throw a stone at him. Ginbálang níla ang haló sing mga bató. They pelted the iguana with stones. Balángi ang amô sing tinápay. Toss some bread to the monkey. Ibálang iníng bató sa báboy. Throw this stone at the pig. (see habóy, pilák).

The pin that passes through the kaw-ít (a small rope) and connects the traces with the plough. (see paláy, tunúng).

Ambush, ambuscade, trench, hiding place (for lying in wait for); one to be-waylaid,-ambushed,-attacked from a hiding place. (see bángan, balanggáan).

The rainbow, iris.

An insect with a painful sting. (see kamaláyo, alingáyo, mangaláyo).

Ambush, etc. See balanganán. (see bánggà).

(H) A grin, leer; to grin, leer. (see lángsì, rángsì).

(H) The span of the outstretched thumb and forefinger, the distance between the tip of the extended thumb and that of the extended forefinger; to measure with the thumb-and-forefinger span. Sókla ang kalaparón sang hénero sang ímo balángit or balangíta ang kalaparón sang hénero. Measure the breadth of the cloth with your thumb-and-forefinger-span. Balangíti pa sing isá. Measure an additional-, add one-, thumb-and-forefinger span. (see dángaw-the span or space from the point of the middle-finger to that of the thumb, when both are stretched apart).

A small crocodile, alligator.

To cut open, cleave, cut in two, lay bare with a strong blow from an edged tool, to split with a sharp instrument. Balangkaá ang lubí. Split the coconut. Ginbalángkà níya sang binángon ang úlo ni Fuláno. With his bolo he cleft N.N.'s head. Ibalángkà akó ánay siníng duhá ka bílog nga lubí. Kindly split-, cut open-, these two coconuts for me. (see bukâ, píhak).

(H) A kind of very savoury banana. (see barángon, manghúdan).

(H) Pasture, ground where animals, tied to a long tether, may graze. Iníng dútà walâ námon pagaúmha, kóndì ginagámit lang nga balángtan sang háyup. We are not tilling this piece of ground; we are using it as pasture only. (see bángot).

Magnetism; magnet. (see batóbalánì-loadstone, lodestone).

Magnetic; attractive, alluring.

(H) Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable. (see bánsag, dalayáwon, balantúgon).

(Sp. balance) Balance; equilibrium, symmetry, equipoise; to balance, poise; to shift, change, transfer from place to place, arrange methodically, so as to have symmetry or equilibrium, to keep in equipoise. Ginabalánse na liwán ang mga Párì sang diósesis sa Háro. The priests of the diocese of Jaro are again being shifted or transferred from one place to another. Indì mo pagbalansehón ang mga galamitón sa sála. Do not shift the furniture in the drawing-room. Ginbalánse níla ang mga balalígyà. They shifted their wares or removed them from their customary places and put them up somewhere else in the shop. (see tímbang, timbángtímbang).