List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter M - Page 83

(Sp. media) Stocking, hose; socks.

(Sp. medio) Half; means, medium, contrivance, resource, remedy. (see tungâ, kalalángan, padihútan, pahitôhítò, remédyo).

(Sp. melaza) Molasses. (see lasáw, pulút, arníbal).

(Sp. melindre) A kind of shrub with beautiful, rose-coloured flowers.

(Sp. melon) Melon. (see sandíya).

(Sp. menor) Minor; younger; a minor (in music). (see mánghud, línghod).

(Sp. menear) To move, shake, stir; to wear out, dislocate, be displaced or dislodged. Nagmenyár ang mga halígi sináng baláy tungúd sang bágyo. The posts of this house were dislodged by the storm. (see úyug, hiláy, balingíg).

(Sp. merengue) Meringue, a kind of candy; sugar plum.

(Sp. meridiano) Meridian.

(Sp. merienda) Lunch, afternoon tea, collation, snack. (see pamáhaw).

(Sp. mérito) Merit, desert, worth. (see palahanúngdan, takús).

(Sp. mercado) Market, mart, market-place. (see tiénda).

(Sp. merma) Waste, leakage, shrinkage. (see búhin, kúlpà, kupús).

(From the Sp. mesa) A certain percentage of the stakes paid to the owner of a billard or gambling table. (see plasáda).

(Sp. mezcla) Mixture, admixture, mingling, combination, conglomeration, jumble, hash, hotchpotch, compound, medley. (see lákay, lakót, sakót, sámò, símbug).

(Sp. mestizo) Mestizo, Eurasian, half-cast, hal-breed, hybrid. (see kalibugán).

(Sp. metal) Metal.

(Sp. metafísica) Metaphysic, ontology.

(Sp. metate) A primitive corn-mill, a rounded stone for grinding maize or crushing cocoa (cacao).

(Sp. metro) Metre, (39.37 inches); metre in poetry.