List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter H - Page 12

Dim. and Freq. of haláy-to suspend from, etc.

Clothes-line, rope, string, long pole, on which clothes are hung out to dry. (see haláy, bílog, sabláyan, salabláyan).

(H) Weeping, crying, shedding tears, sighing; to weep, cry, shed tears, lament; that is to be wept over (as a corpse, etc.). (see háyà, balakhóon, hilibíon).

Plural form of háyhay-to sigh, mourn, etc.

To suspend from a horizontal pole, throw over a bar or rod, hang, tie or sling to a spar; that which is suspended. Ihaláyhay ang mga maís, tabákò, etc. Hang the corn-cobs, tobacco-leaves, etc. on a pole. Nagahaláyhay silá sing maís sa idálum sang atóp. They are hanging corn-cobs on poles under the roof. Ang mga bagát, ághò, etc. ginahalayhayán sing masúnsun sang mga maís sa idálum sang atóp sang mga baláy. Bamboos, agho-poles, etc. are often used for hanging up maize-cobs under the roof of houses. May duhá pa silá ka haláyhay nga maís sa íla baláy. They have still two rows of corn-cobs hanging in their house. (see haláy, sáblay).

To be far, distant, etc. See hilayô, layô.

(Sp. jalea) Jelly.

To space apart, etc. Ginhálhag níla ang mga tápì sa salúg, kay nakulángan silá sing káhoy. They spaced the planks apart on their floor, because they were short of wood. (see hághag).

With a protruding lower lip, having a prominent lower lip. Táo nga hálhal. A person with a projecting lower lip. Indì ká magpahálhal. Don't pout, don't stick out your lower lip. (see hílhil, sámbil).

Hello, hey, etc. Halí, nagabút na si tátay! Halí, ginbáklan níya akó sing bág-o nga báyò! Oh, Father has arrived! Oh, he has bought a new jacket for me! (see halá).

To shout "halí". Halíha ang mga bátà. Shout "halí" to the boys (to scare them off or the like). (see hála),

Rim, edge; something very small, little, puny, tiny, diminutive, wee, miniature, minute, insignificant (as compared with something else). Walâ gid bisán sa halídhid lang sang mga kasákit sa Purgatóryo ang mga kasákit dirí sa kalibútan. The pains in this world are beyond compare less than those in Purgatory. (see lándong, dámgo, sídsid).

(H) Post, pillar, column, shaft, support, upright; to use, make or provide a post, etc. Halígya iníng páyhod. Make a post of this páyhod-tree. Ihalígi ko iníng kamúnsil sa ákon baláy. I am going to use this camunsil-tree as a post for my house. Pagahalígyan ko ang ákon kamálig sing káhoy. I'll put up wooden posts for my hut. Ang mga hinalígi sang isá ka balasahón. The columns of a newspaper.

Instance, simile, comparison, example, illustration, parable, exemplification; to use or explain by means of a simile, etc. Maghalimbáwà ka sang ímo nga ginsúgid. Explain your statement by an example. Halimbawái ang ímo nga ginhámbal. Make what you have said clear by a simile. (see túlad, katúlad, súbung, daw, ángay, anggídánggid).

Model, pattern, type.

Superficial; careless, negligent; a hypocrite. (see alimpapáw, salimpapáw).

Cultivated land reclaimed from a river-bed or from a hill-side by levelling, especially in the neighbourhood of a rill or brooklet. Ginpatámnan níya sing kakáw ang hálin. He planted cacao-trees on the land that was formerly a river-bed. (see doróg, bálud-land near a river).

To change the place of, remove or move to another place, shift. Halína ang ímo baláy sa umá. Remove your house to the farm. Ginhálin níya ang lamésa. He shifted the table. Pagahalínon ko ang ákon karabáw. I am going to take my buffalo to another place. Ihálin akó sang ákon báka sa umá. Kindly put my cow in another part of the field.

To leave, depart, go away, take oneself off. Halín kamó. Go away. Clear out. Pahalinón mo siá. Dismiss him. Discharge him or send him away. Amó inâ gánì ang ginhalinán sang íla nga kasábà. That was the origin of their law-suit. Diín ka maghalín? Where do you come from? Ang mga namók amó ang ginahalinán sang madámù nga balatían. Many diseases are due to mosquitoes. Kaína gid lang siá makahalín. He departed only a short while ago. (see íway, lúmbus, lakát).

Dim. and Freq. of hálin-to move, shift. Indì mo paghalín-halínon ang aparadór. Don't keep moving the cupboard about from place to place. Also: going from place to place, migratory, nomadic, wandering, roving.