List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 6

A shark; a greedy, artful fellow, a sharper, shark, cheat, crook. (see kúgtong).

Uninjured, unscathed, untouched; to escape uninjured, to be unharmed or unscathed, to come away free or untouched. Indì ka makabagít. You will not be able to escape unharmed. Diín ka man makabagít sa ákon? Where can you escape me? Bagít! Missed! Not hit! Bagít siá. He is untouched. This expression is often used in games, where the main point consists in an agility or adroitness in obtaining one's object without being touched or hit by the opposing party. Dirí lang sa ámon bánwa walâ gid sing makabagít sa íya sa paghámpang sang ahedrés. Here in our town there is certainly no one that can beat him at chess. (see luás).

Belt, girth, girdle, cincture. See wágkos, wáklos, páha.

To gnash one's teeth. See bágrot id. Even in Hiligáynon "bágrot" is more commonly used than báglot.

Nearly ripe; to be nearly ripe, approach ripeness, particularly said of plums and the like. Nagbágnas na or bágnas na ang serigwélas. The plums are now nearly ripe. Nabagnasán na ang serigwélas. The fruit is ripening on the plum trees.

To strip, split, separate fibre (of hemp, etc.). Bagnosí ang lánot. Strip the hemp. (see kigí).

Will, head, soul, brain. Walâ gid inâ sa bagô ko. That never entered my head. Kaúyon ang bagô níya sa umá, kay nagtámbok siá dídto. He likes to live at the farm, for he got fat there. (see bángog, bagól).

The string, line, cord of a fishing rod. (see hapón, tigdawán, tigáwnan).

A dish of rice-flour mixed with sugar and coconut meat. (see alopí).

Rotten, putrid; old, useless; dull, stupid; to be or become rotten, etc. (see gabúk, garók, dunút, bagót, balót, gubát, pákok, kagúng, kalóng).

A shower of rain; to fall in showers, to rain heavily. Kon kís-a sa hinálì lang nagabagókbok ang ulán. Now and then there is a sudden heavy shower of rain. (see búnok, bókbok, pókpok).

A game with stones played by children. The principal object is to hit certain marked stones with other stones thrown from a distance or dropped from the hand; to play "bágol".

The skull; any skull-like vessel, as e.g. the rough shell of a coconut opened slightly at the top and used for cleaning purposes. (If the coconut-shell is scraped smooth, it is called "hungút"); brain, mind, head, soul. Butangí sing bagól ang túmba. Place a skull on the catafalque. Walâ gid inâ sa bagól ko. That never entered my head, never disturbed my thoughts, never bothered or troubled me. (see bagô, bángog, úlo, panumdúman).

To strike with the head, to strike or knock heads together, to push head against head. Nagabagoláy silá. They are butting or striking head against head. Ginabágol níla ang íla úlo. They are knocking their heads together. (see pókol).

To crowd upon each other, to follow one upon another in quick succession, applied to persons, undertakings, troubles, difficulties, etc. Nagabagólbol gid ang mga táo sa simbáhan. The people in church are very crowded. Nagabagólbol-or-nagabinagólbol ang ákon mga buluhatón, kalisúd, etc. My duties, troubles, etc. are following one upon another without interruption. (see abák-abák, abút-abút:, surumbálì, lininggóhot, linggóhot, ulúkad, (úkad).

(Sp. vagón) Wagon, railway waggon.

Alluvial sediment, soft mire, slime, mud deposited by flowing water. Binagonbonán sang subâ ang binangon. The river buried the bolo under mud-or-covered the bolo with sand. (see búnbun).

A kind of sea-snail.

A kind of sea-snail. (see bagóngon).

Pickled fish, pickles, fish steeped in brine or pickle. (see ginamús).