List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter B - Page 92

Yarn, thread. Bunáng nga inágpang. Yarn-in hanks,-by the hank. (see hílo).

Open, simple, honest, truthful, true, candid, straightforward, veracious, sincere, frank, outspoken, ingenuous, artless, unreserved; kind-hearted, open-hearted. Bunáyag gid siá sing pamatásan. He is very simple-hearted, simple-minded. (see bunáyon).

Straight, upright, erect, right, not bent, not curved; of equal diameter throughout, not tapering; mild, gentle, soft, simple, artless, guileless. Bunáyon ang íya láwas kag tangâ ang íya ágtang. His body is straight and his forehead erect. (see tádlong, tanús, bunáyag, bungáyon).

Detritus, soft sand or mud near or under water, slime, mire. (see bagónbon, lápok).

To thrust-, dig-, stick-, jab-, lunge-, strike-, with the butt-end of a lance,-rifle,-stick, etc. Bundaká siá sang bastón. Thrust at him with the end of the stick. Ibúndak sa haló ang bagát. Jab the iguana with the pole. Ang ibulúndak sang bángkaw. The butt-end of the lance. (see búgsak, púdag, púsad, púsdak, pundákpúndak, bayó, totô, dúgkal, dúgdug, hárog).

Slow in any way, dull, stolid, deliberate; to be or become slow, etc. Búndul nga táo. A slow man. Búndul siá magbása, maglakát, magpangabúdlay, etc. He is slow at reading, walking, working, etc. Nabundulán akó siníng táo. This man is too slow for me. (see hínay, lágday, pákok).

(B) Punch; to punch, strike with the closed fist as with a hammer. Indì mo siá pagbungbungón. Don't punch him. Ibúngbung mo akó siní. Please hammer this with your fist. (see ómol, súmbag, patók).

Very full, brimful, crammed, full to overflowing; to fill to overflowing, to be or make very full. Bungbungá ang gantángan. Fill the gantang-measure brimful, full to overflowing.

Fruit; benefit, result, effect, consequence, issue. (see pamúnga, himungá).

The betel-nut palm and its fruit. Búnga sang búnga. The fruit of the betel-nut palm.

Bald, hairless: to be or become bald. Bungád nga táo. A bald man. Sán-o pa ikáw magbungád?-Sang pagmasakít ko nagbungád akó. When did you become bald?-When I was sick I became bald. (see upáw).

A hole or cavity in a tree made by insects.

Full of holes, having rotten parts and cavities, said of a worm-eaten or insect-infested tree.

To be a chatterbox, to prate, prattle, chatter, talk glibly or flippantly.

Indiscreet, one who talks without restraint, letting out secrets, etc.; a great chatterbox. (see buraán, hadakán).

A kind of grass often cultivated and fed to horses, etc.; zacate. (see kúmpay, sakáte).

To gush-, jet-, squirt-, spirt-, out, (as water from a fountain). Nagabungánbungán ang túbig sa tuburán. The water gushes out of the fountain. (see súmpit).

Place where water gushes or spirts out, fountain, source. Sa bungánbunganán sang tuburán. At the very fountain-head, at the very place where the water gushes out of the ground.

Prickly heat. (see bungáng-ínit, aláw).

Prickly heat, a slight skin-disease. (see búnga, ínit).