List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter H - Page 54

(B) To exhaust, weaken through hunger, etc. See hílab.

Dense, affording shade, shady, etc. See hilábong. Also: Screen, cover; supernumerary, substitute, stop-gap, filling a vacancy or just increasing the number of. Siá amó ang isá sang mga manugkánta nga hirábong lang. He is only a supernumerary of the (regular) singers. Iníng mga daándaán nga hénero ibutáng mo lang nga hirábong sa kílid sang altár. Use these old cloths as a cover for the sides of the altar.

(B) To touch, grope about, finger, etc. See hílam.

Restlessness, fidgetiness, naughtiness, liveliness (of boys, etc.).

Restless, naughty, lively, etc. (See darándarán, harásharás, etc.).

Restless, etc. See hiránhirán.

Full of "hírà" (pus); pertaining to or affected with "hírà" (which see).

Crack, split; to crack, split. May hirás ang tása. The cup is cracked. Naghirás ang tása. The cup is cracked. Iníng pínggan nahirasán. This plate has a crack in it. (see litík, balanâ).

To be stingy, give little, treat in a miserly way, be parsimonious, shabby, mean, niggardly, close, "penny-wise". Ginhirasán lang níya ang íya útud sang mánggad nga íla pinanúblì. He gave his brother only a small amount of the property they inherited. Indì mo paghirasán ang ímo libáyon sing tinápay. Don't treat your young brother so stingily in the matter of bread.

Wide open (of eyes, eyelids). (see kírhat).

To chastise, punish severely, inflict corporal punishment. (see tarítári).

Half-closed, half-open; to be only half-open (of eyes).

The spike of a plant. Also: only half-open, nearly closed (of eyes). (see pirót).

Spiky, having or forming a spike.

(Sp. hierba) Grass, herb, pasturage. (see hilamón, tanúm).

(Sp. artemisa, artemisia) A kind of plant; mug-wort.

(Sp. artemisa, artemisia) A kind of plant; mug-wort.

(Sp. hierba buena) A kind of plant; peppermint, mint.

The neighing of a horse; to neigh. Ang kabáyo nagahiríhirí. The horse neighs. Anó ang ginahiríhirí mo nga daw kabáyo? Why are you neighing like a horse? Ginhiríhirihán akó sang kabáyo. The horse neighed at me or at my approach. Ang íya nga pagkádlaw daw hiríhirí sang kabáyo. His laughter is like the neighing of a horse.

(B) To come to, etc. See hiabút.