List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter K - Page 109

To crawl, creep, wriggle, move along the ground on hands and feet. (see káyus-a kind of creeper).

A moan, groan, sigh. (yuyó).

Sweetness, tenderness, mildness, kindheartedness, evenness and mildness of temper. (yúyum).

(Sp. quebra, quiebra) Breakage, breaking loose or asunder; loss, shrinkage; failure, bankruptcy; to break asunder, be severed from; to become less, shrink; to fail in business, become bankrupt. Indì mo pagkebrahón ang kinitáan sang mga tápì. Don't force asunder the joints of the planks. Nagkébra ang íya komérsyo. His business failed. Nagkébra ang humáy sing tagisá ka gántang ang pásong. The rice shrunk one ganta to the bushel. (see púto, ángkat, kúpus, kúlpà).

(Sp. queja, quejarse) See under kíha.

(Sp. querida,-o) Beloved, sweetheart, liked; love, lover, love-partner; paramour, concubine, correspondent.

(Sp. querida,-o) Beloved, sweetheart, liked; love, lover, love-partner; paramour, concubine, correspondent.

(Sp. querida,-o) Beloved, sweetheart, liked; love, lover, love-partner; paramour, concubine, correspondent.

(Sp. queso) Cheese.

Gentle, soft, slight, little; to do gently, tease slightly, make another a little angry or the like. Maunáuná kiámpaw, bálus matámà. (Proverb) Such a beginning such an end. Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves. (Literally: At first a little (quarrel or the like), then as a result very much trouble).

See luát. Walâ gid níya pagkiáni kon walâ níya makúhà inâ. He would not have-yielded,-been satisfied, if he had not succeeded in getting that (it).

To limp, hobble, walk lamely, trudge. (see ikángíkang, kunád).

Dead branches and roots, drift-wood, weeds, debris, rubbish piled up or swept along by a current of water; dry stalks of sugar-cane. (see siápò-Bagasse).

To take or cut off a little. Kiási akó sing kalabása, lángkà, tosíno, etc. Cut off for me a piece of squash, jackfruit, bacon, etc. (see kíyas id.).

Dim. and Freq. of kías. To cut off piece by piece or little by little.

Kitten, young cat, kitty.

To move the shoulders up and down, to rock, undulate, pulsate; a rocking motion or movement. Ang kiáy sang túbig sa baybáyon. The rise and fall of the water on the sea-shore. Nagakiáy siá sang íya abága. She moves her shoulders up and down. (see kiáy-kíay).

To walk about or promenade ostentatiously moving the body and buttocks in an affected manner.

To tremble, be shocked; to astonish, surprise, take aback. Kiníbang siá. He was taken by surprise, was taken aback. (see kibút, tingála).

See kíbyas.