List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter K - Page 7

Mercy, compassion, sympathy. (áwà; see kalóoy).

Occupation, business, detention, engagements. (see awát, kalibángan).

Enemy. (áway: see kóntra, kasúmpung).

Enmity, opposition: enemies. (see áway, kasuáyan).

Cause or origin of a fight or quarrel; enmity, war. (see áway, alawayón).

(B) Hardness, toughness, firmness, quality of being difficult to move. (see áwot, katíg-a).

Scarcity, dearth, lack, want, need. (see ayá-ay).

(B) See kaáyo id.

(B) Beauty, prettiness. See kaayóáyo id.

(B) See kaayád, kaáyo.

(H) Goodness; well-being. (áyo; see kaayád).

(H) Beauty, attractiveness, prettiness. (ayóáyo; see kaayád-áyad).

(H) To go on well, to prosper, make good progress. Nagkaayohán na ang íya kahimtángan. His affairs have prospered or improved. He has thrived-or-has made good progress in his position in life.

(H) Benefaction, benefit, favour, good deeds, acts of kindness. (see kaaráydan id.).

To ensnare, entrap, entangle. (see kabán).

To hang on, suspend from. See sáb-it.

(H) To reach, make a long arm, stretch one's arm to get hold of something. Kab-otá ang kálò sa salabítan. Take down the hat from the peg. Walâ siá makakáb-ot sang estámpa, kay matáas. He could not reach and take down the picture, for it was too high. Ikáb-ot akó ánay sang ákon báyò sa lánsang sang díngding. Please reach me down my jacket from the nail in the partition. (see dáb-ot, dáwhat).

A kind of coarse thick cloth as often used by farmers for shirts; a farmer's shirt.

To be excited, frightened, disturbed, uneasy; to talk or speak excitedly, be noisy, shout, clamour, vociferate. Nagakabâkábà ang mga táo, kay may bálò. The people are uneasy, for there is an alarming report. Nagkinabâkábà ang mga táo sang pagkasúnug sang baláy ni Fuláno. The people were frightened or excited, when N.N.'s house burned down.

Women, females, womankind, womanhood, women-folk. (see babáe; cf. kababayén-an id.).