List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 9

(B) To remove from the fire, etc. See bák-it. Bahitá ang kaláhà. Take the pan off the fire. Bahití siá sing isá ka kaláhà. Take one pan off the fire for him. Ibahít akó ánay sang kólon nga may tinóla. Kindly remove (for me) from the fire the pot containing the side-dish.

(Sp. bajo) Bass (voice, score, singer, player and instrument or chord).

A stench, stink, an obnoxious or offensive smell; stinking: to stink, emit an offensive smell. Anáno nga banhô ang ginabátyag ko dirí? What sort of stench do I notice here? Banô na iníng ísdà. This fish smells bad already. Ang binóro nagabahô. Pickled fish has a strong smell. Nabahoán kamí sang ilagâ nga patáy. We were annoyed by the stench coming from the dead rat.

Smell, odour, scent, perfume, aroma, whether good or bad. Sá báhò sang ímo ágwa makilála ko ang ngálan. I know the name of the scent you use by its smell. (see panimáhò-to smell).

A kind of plant.

A fish that somewhat resembles the tulíngan.

Literally: The odour or smell of pitch. Often used figuratively in the meaning of: relation, connection or influence. Walâ gid akó bisán bahô-sálong sa íya. I am not at all related to him. I am not even a connection of his.

Mixed food or provender; wash, swill; to eat or give to eat mixed foods, to mix rice with sauce and vegetables and the like; to feed dogs, give pigs their swill, etc. Bahogí siá sing ísdà, ulutanón kag sabáw. Give him a mixture of fish, vegetables and sauce. Binahogán mo na ang báboy? Have you given the pig its swill? Ibahóg iníng upá sa báboy. Put this rice-chaff into the pig's wash. Bahogí ang idô. Give the dog its food. Feed the dog. (see damóg, lakót, sakót, sámò).

To be or become thick, stout, plump, large in circumference; thick, stout, plump; coarse (of cloth). Abáw, nagbahól na si Fuláno! By Jove, N.N. has grown stout! Nabaholán akó so íya. I was surprised at his stoutness-or-he appeared to me to be stout. Bahól nga táo, bahól nga hénero. A stout man, coarse cloth. Ginabaholán akó siníng hénero; ipakítà mo sa ákon inâ dirâ. This cloth is too rough or too coarse for me; show me that one over there. (see dakû).

Annoyance, disgust, aversion; to get annoyed, disgusted or dissatisfied. Nagabáhot ang ginháwa ko. I am a little disgusted. Nabahotán akó siníng pangabúhì. I have an aversion to this kind of life. I dislike this manner of life. (see taká, súm-od).

A kind of fish. See bahó-oló id.

A witch, hag, sorceress, enchantress; a ghost; to haunt, put a spell of fear upon somebody. Si Fuláno nagapáti gid nga kagáb-i ginbáhoy siá. N.N. really believes that last night he was visited by a ghost. Bahóya si Fuláno. Do something secretly and suddenly to frighten N.N. (see pamáhoy-a scarecrow).

Cold sweat or perspiration. Also used as a verb. Ginabahúlay ang masakít. The sick person-is wet with cold perspiration,-has broken out into a cold perspiration.

(Sp. bajonista) One who plays, or performs on, the bassoon, a bassoonist, bassoon-player.

A dish of ground rice mixed with sugar and coconut-meat. (see bayé-báye).

(B) Corner, angle, nook, back-yard, ground at the side and back of a building. Ibutáng mo ang síya sa báid or pabaída (-ira) ang síya. Place the chair in the corner. Sa báid sang subâ. At the bend of the river, in the angle formed by the bend of the river. Ang báid sang baláy. The grounds immediately attached to a house, except those in front of it. (see higád, pamúsud, doók, soók, binít).

To sharpen, grind, hone, whet. Baíra (baída) ang kotsílyo. Sharpen the knife. Ibáid akó sang ákon binángon. Kindly whet my bolo for me. (see patalúm, balít, táhad, báhad).

(B) Hone, whetstone, grind-stone, oil-stone. (see bairán, balalítan).

Hard, sharp, dry clods of mud, painful to walk over with bare feet.

(Sp. bailarina) Dancer. (see sumalaút, sáut).