List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 4

A match; any contrivance to make fire by friction. (bág-id).

See bag-ídan id.

New, novel, fresh; recent, late, modern, just out, recently; to make new, to renew. Bág-o gid iníng kálò ko. This hat of mine is quite new. Bág-o pa lang siá magabút. He has just arrived. Bág-o pa lang silá malúmbus. They have left only a short while ago. Bag-ohá ang kodál. Renew the fence. Iníng kawáyan ibág-o ko sa kodál. This bamboo I'll utilize in renewing the fence.

To rub two stones together, to crush or pulverize, between two stones or against a stone. Ginabag-orán ang bató nga bukáy sing binókbok nga bukáy túbtub nga magpíno kag ihínis sa ngípon. The crushed white stone is rubbed between two white stones till it becomes fine powder, and can be used to clean the teeth with. Ang tayóbong ginabág-od sa bató kon unawón. The tayobong-root is rubbed against a stone to rid the pulp of juice. Ibág-od mo ang tayóbong sa bató. Rub the tayobong-roots against a stone.

(B) Stone against which something is rubbed or crushed to powder; a millstone, grindstone. (see bag-óran).

New, novel, fresh, inexperienced, green, green-horn; modern, new-fangled. (see bág-o).

See bag-óhan. Also: A person of modern times; a modernist.

(H) See bag-ódan id.

(B) Quarrel, dispute, squabble, words, high words, altercation, bickering; to quarrel, wrangle, fall out, squabble, have words with, etc. Ang mga bátà nagabagâ. The boys are quarrelling. May ginbagâ akó kahápon. I had a quarrel with somebody yesterday. Ngáa man nga ginbagâ mo si Hosé? Why did you quarrel with José? Ginbagâ ko siá, kay kinúhà níya ang ákon kasíng. I quarrelled with him, because he had taken my spinning-top. Indì mo siá pagbagaón tungúd siníng diótay nga butáng. Don't pick a quarrel with him for this small matter. Pabagaá si Andrés kag si Hosé. Make Andrew and José quarrel with each other. Ipabagâ si Hosé sa kay Andrés. Make José pick a quarrel with Andrew. (see súay, baísbáis).

A live coal, glowing cinder, burning piece of charcoal; also verb: to light.

The lungs.

A dish, particularly of small sun-dried fish, roasted in a pan containing live coals; to roast fish in live coals. Bagábagahá ang tabagák. Roast the tabagák-fish in a pan filled with live coals. Ang ámon súd-an kaína balingón nga binagábagá. The side-dish of our last meal consisted of sun-dried fish roasted in a pan with live coals. (see bága).

Dim. of bága. May bagá-bága pa sa idálum sang abó? Are there still any live coals under the ashes?

(B) Dim. and Freq. of bagâ. To quarrel or fight a little, to have a tiff, to bandy words. Iníng mga magasawá pírme gid lang nagabagâbágà sa íla baláy. This married pair are always disagreeing at home. (see suáysúay).

A kind of weed, very injurious to rice-crops.

Brazier, an open pan for burning wood or coal. (bága).

A kind of very light bamboo, smaller even than that called bóloò.

(B) Five centavos, a five-centavo piece, nickel, penny. (see bakód, sinkóhon).

To warm, to heat, make red-hot. Ginbagáng sang manugsálsal ang salsálon. The smith made the iron red-hot. Nabagáng na ang gánga. The roasting-pot is hot. Bagangá ánay ang gánga sa walâ pa ikáw magsánlag sang maís. Heat the roasting-pot first before you roast the corn. Ang gúgma nagabagáng sang íya tagiposóon. Love warms his heart. Ibagáng akó ánay sing isá ka nahót nga salsálon. Kindly make a piece of iron red-hot for me. Bagangí akó sing gánga, kay magasánlag akó sing maís. Heat a roasting-pot for me, for I am going to roast some corn. Ginabagáng siá. He is getting hot, i.e. he has fever, as a forerunner of some serious disease like smallpox, measles, etc.

A kind of rhinoceros beetle that is very injurious to coconut plantations, etc.; a leaf-miner.