List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter N - Page 4

The jack tree and jack fruit. (see lángkà, mángkà).

Nankeen, nankin, a kind of Chinese yarn and cloth. (see lángking).

What? What kind of? (see anó, anáno).

(B) Varied, divers, etc. (see tuháytúhay, laínláin, nanarîsárì).

(B) Entrusted with, in charge of, burdened with the responsibility for. Malisúd karón ang pagkabuhî sináng babáe nga bálo, kay nanurúgnan pa siá sa íyang kabatáan. The life of that widow is full of difficulties and she is burdened yet with the care of her children. (see panúgon).

See politána.

Ten. Napúlò kag duhá. Napulogduhá. Napúlo'g duhá. Twelve. Duhá ka púlò. Twenty.

For napúlò kag, e.g. napúlo'g tátlo. Thirteen. Ang ikanapúlo'g ápat. The fourteenth. Sa ikanapúlo'g limá (sa ikapúlo'g limá) ka ádlaw sa búlan sa Máyo--. On the fifteenth of May--.

(Sp. narra) A hardwood tree and its very valuable timber. (see nága id.).

(Sp. naranja) Orange.

(Sp. naranja) A kind of small orange.

(Sp. nazareno) Nazarene, Nazarite; penitent.

See nasig-.

A prefix indicating that an action is equally done by a number of persons, together, in unison, all doing the same thing. Nasig-(shortened from nagpasig-) stands for the past, masig-for the future and pagpasig-for the infinitive. Nasigkaládlaw silá nga tanán. They all of them laughed together. Nasigpalangítà silá sing palamúgnan. They were all looking for work. Nasigalámot silá, nasigkaláwat silá, etc. They all contributed, they all went to Holy Communion, etc. (nasi-id.).

(Sp. nacimiento) Birth, nativity.

The "why" of a thing, reason, cause, motive, ground. Anó man ang nasíngyan níya nga walâ na siá makakarí sa pagdúaw sa ámon? What may be his reason for not visiting us any more? Why does he not visit us any more?

Broad daylight, quite light, full day in the morning after dawn; to be or become full day. Násnas na-or-naganásnas na ang kaagáhon. Full morning daylight is now here-or-the morning is now quite light.

(Sp. nación) Nation, country; people, race. (see púngsud).

(Sp. nacional) National; native. (see tumándok).

(Sp. nacionalismo) Nationalism, patriotism.