List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter P - Page 178

Dim. and Freq. of póklid. Also: A kind of poisonous mushroom resembling the amamákol. Tan-awá yanáng balúng nga táo nga nagapoklídpóklid. Look at that drunken man falling down every few steps.

See bilát.

Syphilis. (pukô id.).

Also: gonorrhoea, clap; gonorrhoeal, gonorrheal.

To be feeble and indistinct (of speech). Nagahugút ang íya dílà kag nagapokól ang íya panghámbal. His tongue is tied and his speech scarcely intelligible (very indistinct). Sugúng na ang íya balatían kag pokól ang íya tíngug. He is now seriously ill and can scarcely talk. (see harawaháw, pagáw, paragáw).

To knock together, as heads, balls, coconuts, etc.; to strike, hit, pommel. (see bágol, bákol).

Syphilitic; suffering from syphilis. (pokô).

A fishing net. (see tsintsóro, sápyaw, láya).

To move about as fish in a net, to be crowded; to wriggle, struggle. Nagapókot gid lang ang mga táo sa sulúd sang simbáhan. The people in the church are moving about like fish in a net, i.e. they are crowded or closely packed. Nagdúmug kag nagpokotáy silá nga duhá sing maláwig túbtub nga ang isá sa íla nabúntol. The two of them wrestled and struggled for a long time till one of them was thrown (and gave in).

To beat, stamp, hammer, spank. Pokpoká ang ímo bág-o nga térno. Beat the dust out of your new suit. Pinokpokán níya iníng lamésa sang íya nga kúnop. She beat her cloak on this table. (see bókbok, papák, tapátápa).

Thickset, stocky, stumpy, dumpy, stubby, podgy, pudgy, thick, stout, squab, squabby, squat, short but bulky. Póktol nga táo, karabáw, báboy, etc. A thickset man, a stumpy buffalo, a stout or fat pig, etc. (see podól, pudól, pórdo, búdul, matipúngkò, karibúd, kiribúd).

(Sp. polaina) Spatter-dashes, spats, leggings.

(Sp. pólvora) Gunpowder; black powder.

(Sp. polvo) Face-powder, toilet-powder. (see uyakúp).

Police, policeman, constable, officer. (see bántay, tíktik-secret service man; lampitáw-spy).

(Sp. policía) The police force; policeman, officer, constable.

(Sp. napolitana) A combination of cards in certain card-games having the effect of automatically doubling or trebling the stake played for. (see napolitána, paboríta-a double politána).

(Sp. política) Politics; clever management, trick, machination, plot, plan. (see pamánwa, himánwa, pahítò, patúga). Also: cunning politeness; to act like a politician with studied kindness and tactfulness.

(Sp. político) A politician; political, clever, tricksy.

(Sp. polka) Polka, a kind of dance.