List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter K - Page 45

Difference, diversity, variety, unlikeness, dissimilarity.

Badness, etc. See kaláin. Also: evil, harm, hurt, mischief, prejudice, drawback, disadvantage.

(H) Jungle or grass to be burned or fired. Siá amó ang tag-* *íya sang madámù nga kalaíngnon. He is the owner of many parcels of land that can be cleared by fire and made fit for the plough. (see kaingín).

(B) See kalaímnan.

Excess, extreme, radicalism, extravagance, intemperance. (lakás).

To throw about one's arms and legs in gaiety and merriment, to jump, frolic and play like children, to be full of mirth and hilarity. Ang mga bátà nagakalakatád. The boys are frolicking. (see karakatád, tiríktirík).

Treacherousness, insidiousness (of diseases, etc.). (see lála, malála).

Men, males, menfolk. (see laláki).

Means, ways, device, contrivance, appliance, resource that is employed to bring about something. (see laláng).

Evils, harm, injury, affliction, disaster, misfortune. (see láut).

(H) A flat-bottomed sieve or low-brimmed basket mainly used to separate freshly pounded rice from the chaff. (see karáraw).

(B) Sea, ocean. (see lawód, kalaláwran, kadagátan).

(H) See kalaláwdan.

(H) See kalaláwdan.

Road, line, limit, boundary; to lie athwart, lie across, be in the passage of. (see lábang, labangán, kalbangán).

(H) Taste, flavour; tastiness, savouriness, toothsomeness; ingredient, admixture; element. (see lalím).

What is to be wound on a bobbin, as a thread, etc. (kalíngyas).

(H) Pleasure, things that give joy or pleasure; pleasant, pleasurable, enjoyable, gratifying. (see lípay, kalípay, makalilípay, malipáyon, malipayón).

(H) Superfluous, redundant, exaggeration, what is to be or should be removed, taken away or left out, or, "taken with a grain of salt" (not to be fully believed). Kalalíson na gid ang amó nga mga punípúni. Those flourishes (or little decorations) should be removed or left out. Ang íya nga pagpakigsúmpung sa kay Fuláno may katarúngan nga dakû, ápang kalalíson gid man ang ibán nga ginsilíng níya. His opposition to N.N. is perfectly justified, but some of the things he said must be taken with a grain of salt. (see kalís).

(H) Promptness, despatch, expedition, first opportunity; anything that does not suffer delay or should be done quickly. (see kalít).