List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 62

Split, cloven, parted. (see biníak, biníal, bís-ak).

Visayan, pertaining to the Visayan language, customs, manners of life, etc. (bisayâ).

(B) Edge, rim, border, margin side, corner, any place away from the centre or middle. Pabinít-to put or place on or go to the edge of, etc. Mapabinít lang kamó. Just place yourselves at the outer edge. Sa binít sang baláy, subâ, dálan, etc. At the side of the house, river, road, etc. Pabinití (pabínti) ang hénero sing tahî. Sew the cloth at the edge or selvedge. Pabínta (pabinitá) ang síya. Put the chair to the side of the room near the wall, away from the centre, etc. according to the context. (see bíbî, bígki, higád, hilít).

See bíngka.

To tie, fasten, secure, bind together; to gather, collect. Nagabínkit silá sang íla mga bátà. They are gathering their children together. Nagbínkit (nagbilínkit) silá sang íla mga pinamakál. They collected and bound together the things they had bought. (see típon, búgkos).

From bílin-to enjoin, etc.

Small particles of hulled rice. Indì masal-otán sing bínlud ang ilá sugilánon. One cannot put in a tiny particle of rice, when they converse together i.e. they chatter so much and so quickly, that one has no chance to put in a word. (see bilinlúdan).

(Sp. vino) Wine, brandy, cognac, whiskey, gin, spirits in general; hence it is often necessary to ask, what kind of "bíno" is meant. (see álak).

To stew inside a closed receptacle surrounded by water in such a way, that no water comes in contact with what is being stewed. Binohá lang ang paglútò sang manók. Stew the chicken. (see bakól with the difference that in bakól water comes in contact with what is being stewed).

The empty shell of an egg, snail, mussel, etc. (see alokabá, olokabá).

(B) Salted, pickled, put into brine, salt. Binódo nga ísdà, páhò, etc. Salt fish, mangoes, etc. (see binóro, bódo).

Ground, crushed, pulverized, powdered, mashed. Binókbok nga bugás, kamóti, maís, etc. Ground rice, mashed sweet potatoes, crushed corn, etc. (see bókbok).

Shut up, inclosed, confined, segregated; living in a religious community secluded from the outer world. (see bókot).

Wound on a spool; by the spool; a spool, reel, bobbin. Binolónbóon nga bunáng. A spool of yarn. Yarn by the spool. (see bolónbóon, polóndan).

(B) Roasted-, baked-, at a fire or over live coals. Binóog nga maís, ísdà, kamóti, etc. Popped corn (pop-corn), baked-fish,-sweet potatoes. (see bóog, iníhaw, sinúgba).

(H) See binódo.

To strike the ground or floor with a pointed instrument, as with the point of a stick, dibble, pole or the like. Sang pagbinót ko sang tagád naígò ang ákon tiíl kag napílas. When I thrust down the dibble my foot was hit and wounded. Ibinót mo ang tagád sa dútà. Dig the dibble into the ground. Binotí sang bastón mo iníng búhò. Poke your stick into this hole. Bininotán níya ang haló sang íya bára. He stuck the point of his crowbar into the iguana.

The sharp spines on the back of a pági-fish (thornback).

(Sp. venta) An easy score, easy to get or hit (in billiards and the like).

(Sp. venta) Sale, selling; roadside inn, hostel. (see pamaligyáon, talangwáyan).