List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter K - Page 24

(B) Distraction, preoccupation, engagement. (see dúpag, dupág, awát).

A kind of small mushroom growing mostly on rotten wood, and used for food.

(H) Countries, fields, grounds. (dútà).

Inclination, bent, leaning towards, propensity for. (dúyug; see kabúyok, kinaanáran).

See kadúyug. Also: Habits; likings, leanings, instinct.

To grasp or snatch greedily, with out-stretched arm and clawing hand, seize precipitately, catch unceremoniously. Indì ka magkádwas sang súd-an. Indì mo pagkadwasón ang súd-an. Don't snatch at the side-dishes so greedily. (see búklas, ágaw).

A kind of peas. See kadiós.

The conjunctive particle: And. Si nánay kag si tátay. Father and mother. Ang kánding kag ang idô. The goat and the dog. Nagdalágan siá kag dinakúp níya ang makáwat. He ran and caught the thief.

To waste, wear out, grow lean or weak, lose strength or vigour. Nagakág-as siá sa kalisúd. She is wasting away under a load of troubles. (see hágas).

(H) Last night, last evening. (see gáb-i).

(H) Deep night, night-time.

(B) Last night, last evening. (see kagáb-i, kagab-íhon).

(B) See kagab-íhon.

Rottenness, decay. (see gabúk, kadúnut).

See kagabúk. Also: Rotten state of affairs, corruption, graft, etc.

See kagabúk.

To agree, be aligned, be well matched or equal, especially applied to threads from two different hanks being wound on the same bobbin. If one of the threads is loose and the other tight or taut, it is said: Walâ pagkágad (pagkagadáy, pagkagaráy) ang baladbarón. The threads to be wound (on the bobbin) are not-in alignment,-well matched.

(H) The little (as opposed to the great), the lower classes of people, the poor or uninfluential members of a community; the least or smallest (of a kind). (see gágmay, kadalagkuán-the great, rich or prominent people).

Noise, boisterousness, racket, row. (gáhud).

(Sp. galan) Vaunting, ostentation, display; conspicuousness of bright colours, state of being dressed in bright colours. (see kakánang).