List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter G - Page 17

A kind of cotton cloth chiefly used for making trousers; gingham.

See gínggon.

Blade, lamina, leaf (of plants, especially of herbs and grasses).

Origin, beginning, source, start, commencement. (see gíkan).

Kingdom, realm, domain. (see hárì).

See ginhawaán. (see ginháwa).

Breath, life, respiration, inhalation and exhalation of air; feeling, sensation, consciousness; to breathe, respire. Nabúgtò ang íya ginháwa. The thread of his life snapped (i.e. he died). Nagalaút ang íya ginháwa. He is feeling out of sorts. Nawádan siá sing ginháwa. He lost consciousness. Mabúdlay ang íya pagginháwa, kay ginapung-után siá. It is difficult for him to breathe, because his nostrils are stuffed up. Daw sa dílì akó makaginháwa dirí. I can scarcely breathe here.

Breathing system, organs of breathing; breath, air.

Parent, parents. (see gíkan, gingikánan).

Parental. (see ginikánan).

Young lady, maid, maiden, girl, lass, single woman, Miss. (see gínang, ginúo).

A verbal prefix denoting the perfect passive of intransitive verbs. See ginaka-, the corresponding prefix for the present.

Start, beginning, commencement, origin, source; initial.

See ginkamunóan. (see púnò, pamúnò, kamunóan).

Lord, master, boss; gentleman, Mr. (see gínang, gíning).

See ginsakúpan.

Subjects, dependents, subordinates; members of a society or confraternity, etc. (see sákup, sinákup).

Intersection, junction, cross-road, point or centre from which branches radiate, as the branches of a tree from the main stem, side roads from the main road, the tributaries of a river from the principal stream or the like. (see sangá).

(H) Beginning, start, commencement, inception. (see súgud, ginkamunóan, gingikánan).

Horizon, everything in sight or under one's observation. (see taíp, tuíp).