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

What is to be or should be followed, rule of conduct, regulation, maxim, standard or guide of life, example. (see sunúd).

To thrust, drive hard down, ram in. (see búgsok, púgsak, búgsak, púsdak).

A dish of meat prepared with vinegar, salt and various spices, a sort of ragout.

Doctrine, dogma, teaching, principles of action, authoritative views or declarations, teaching, instruction, direction, exposition. (see toón).

Creed, belief, article of Faith, that which is to be believed. Bantayán nínyo ang bánwa, agúd nga dílì pagsalakáyon sang pagtoloóhan nga butíg. Watch over your town, lest false doctrine should find an entrance. (see tóo).

To scorch, burn, heat. (see bagáng, ínit, págba).

An upright, straight post, vertical beam or spar in a partition. Also used as a verb. Pagtuódi ang ímo baláy kag dingdingán mo. Put uprights to your house and make the partition walls.

To let, make, or cause to, destroy, break down, pull down, etc. Pagúb-a (Pagubaá) na lang ang ímo baláy. Have your house pulled down. Pagubaá lang ang pánday sang ímo baláy-or-ipagubâ na lang sa pánday ang ímo baláy. Let the carpenter break (pull) down your house. (pa, gubâ).

From pagulúng.

A clod-breaker, clod-crusher; a wooden agricultural implement used for breaking-up clods of earth as well as for shifting the upper stratum of soil from one part of the field to another; to level a piece of ground or a hillside by means of the "pagulúng". Dútà nga pinagúlngan. Ground that has been levelled. Mapagulúng kitá siníng bánglid. Let us break up and level this hillside. (see gúlung).

A leafy branch or stalk, frond. (see páklang).

To have, let, or order, the hair to be cut; to have, let, or order anything to be cut by means of a pair of scissors. Paguntingá si Hosé sang ákon bohók. Order José to cut my hair. Let José cut my hair. Mapagúnting pa áko ánay. I will have my hair cut first. Ipagúnting ko sa ímo ang bohók siníng bátà. I want you to cut this boy's hair. Paguntingí sa íya iníng hénero. Let him cut off a piece of this cloth with the scissors. (pa, gúnting).

To darken, obscure. Ang mga gál-um nagapagúnum sang lángit. The clouds are darkening the sky. (pa, gúnum).

To let one do as one pleases; to let another eat, drink etc. as much as he likes. Paguraí silá sing laúya. Let them eat as much boiled meat as they like.

To have one's will, do to one's heart's content, do as one pleases. Nagapagusá gid lang siá sa paghingúyang sing madámù nga pílak. He wastes much money on whims and fancies. Nagpagusá silá sa pagpíntas sa táo nga íla nadakúp. They tortured the man they caught till their cruelty was sated. They wreaked their anger on the man they caught. (see patúyang, pasamíyang).

See pagusá.

To make worse, exert an evil influence upon, especially applied to various foods that make skin-diseases worse. Ang ísdà nga hurô nagpagusáb sang íya katúl. The rotten fish made his skin-disease "katúl" worse.

To beat, strike, belabour (with many blows in quick succession); to pour down heavily (of drenching rain). (see pókpok, bókbok, tarítári).

To do one's own will, consult one's own pleasure or wishes, do what one likes, put no restraint on oneself. Pagústo lang kamó. Just do as you like. You are perfectly at liberty to do what you please. Indì mo silá pagpagustohán. Don't allow them to have their own way. (pa, gústo).

Great anger, rage, frenzy, fury, wrath, towering passion; to rave, be angry, furious, wild. Nagamátamát na siá sang págut. He gradually-waxed very hot,-became furious. Nagapágut siá. He is furious. He is in a tearing rage. Ginpagútan níya akó. He was furiously angry with me. Indì ka magpágut. Don't get wild or angry. Don't bluster. (see múgut, síngkal, ákig).