List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter L - Page 72

To be or become thin, lean, haggard, weak. (see hágpis, níwang).

To squeeze, compress, jam, etc. See lígpit, lúpit.

Press, vice, clamp. (see ligpítan).

See lúsad-to dismount, disembark, etc.

To sit, squat down (on the floor). (see lupán-ak, lupándang, lupágì, úgsang).

To break, snap, sever. (see lígtas, búgras, útud, búgtò).

To be or become soft, weak, limp; to faint, swoon, collapse from weakness. (see lábtoy, labóy, lúya, lúnay, púnaw).

To break or snap through twisting or kinking, said of a string, thread, rattan, etc. Nalúgtî (nagkalúgtì) ang lánot, owáy, etc. The hemp, the rattan, etc. broke (snapped). Hulúman mo ánay ang óway, agúd índì malúgtì. Soak the rattan first (in water), lest it should snap.

(H) The material used for rubbing one's body when taking a bath, mostly a stone. (see lúdgud, lúgod).

To scour, rub, etc. See lúdgud.

Colouring matter, tint, tinge, dye, stain; ink.

To colour, dye, steep in colour, tinge, stain. Ilúgum sa ákon báyò iníng lugúm nga mapulá. Colour my jacket with this red dyestuff. Lúgma (lugúma) ang ákon báyò sa (sang) itúm. Steep my jacket in black dye. Makahibaló ikáw maglúgum? Do you know how to dye? (see húgum, húpug, lígum).

Very dark, black, dyed or steeped in black.

See logón-lógon-to put in the mouth, etc.

A thin membrane surrounding some seeds as those of the cacao, sántol, jackfruit, átis. etc.

Pure, unadulterated, undefiled, genuine, unalloyed. (see lubús, púro, pulús, bús-og, lónlon, lúnsay, túnay).

To force, violate, ravish, stuprate, defile, debauch, abuse; stupration, rape, violation, force. Ang mga babáye mahádluk sa mga buyóng, kay básì lugúson níla. The women are afraid of the brigands, for they might be ravished by them. Ginlúgus níya siá. He raped or ravished her. Sa lúgus--. By force--. With violence--.

To chafe, gall, fret, constrict, cut into the flesh (as a tight cord, fetters, shackles, or the like). (see lugút-lúgut).

Thinness through constriction away from the end of a thing; thin, slender in the middle or away from the end; to be or become thin through constriction, etc. Naglugútlúgut ang íya túdlò sa kagutukón sang síngsing-or-nalugútlugútan ang íya túdlo sang kagutukón sang síngsing. Due to the tight fit of the ring her finger became thin in the middle. (see gútlò).

A rope or line slung across a channel, river, over a narrow bridge, etc. and serving as a handrail.