List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter M - Page 16

A kind of roughly made, transparent cloth used for decoration, etc., bunting.

Beautiful, handsome, nice, etc. (gayón; see maayóáyo, maányag, maayádáyad, matahúm, madálig, maámbong).

Retributive, rewarding or retaliating, meeting out a fitting recompense or a condign punishment, (bálus).

Guard, watchman, watch, sentinel, sentry, shepherd, guardian, keeper, look-out, observer. (bántay).

Maker, creator, manufacturer, artificer. (búhat).

Tax-gatherer, toll-taker, collector of customs. (buhís).

Doctor, physician, medicine-man, medical man, leech, healer. (bulúng).

One who baptizes, baptist, minister of baptism; one who waters gardens, etc. (búnyag).

Violent, ferocious, brutal, fierce, cruel; wild, not tamed, uneducated. (see maísug, mapíntas, mabangís, mailá, simarón).

This term seems to be employed only after a negative particle (índì, dílì) and then conveys the meaning of: very loud, uproarious, boisterous, so as to interfere with any ordinary conversation, etc. Dílì maghilibátì nga ulán, dagúob, etc. A very heavy downpour of rain, a very loud thunderclap, etc. Waláy lábut sang índì maghilibátì nga sinínggit sang mga táo--. Notwithstanding the deafening shouts of the men--. (see batî).

Maguey, agave, century plant that yields a fibre used in the manufacture of ropes and clothes. (see píta).

(H) Full of fine, dusty chaff. (see gílok).

Mud-stained, dirty, soiled, sludgy, miry. (see gím-ang).

Close, sultry, hot, stuffy, torrid, sweltry, boiling, roasting, baking, stifling, scorching, suffocating (of heat). (see gín-ot, mabóhot).

Cloudy, full of clouds; beclouded, confused, fuddled. (see gálum).

Alluring, enticing, captivating, bewitching, attractive; cheating, deceitful. (see gányat).

Active, busy, handy, always occupied in some work; tranquil, peaceful, at ease, without worry, going one's way undisturbed, leading a quiet life. (see girámon, mapísan, matándus, makarî, mabúhat).

Rough, rasping, raspy, grating, painful to the touch, not smooth. (see gisáng, magísrang).

Angry, sharp, cutting, harsh, acrimonious, severe, dour, ironical, sarcastic, sardonic, rough, not gentle (of speech). (see gíska, mapadás).

See magisáng.