List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter P - Page 180

Low, deep (of voice, of musical instruments, etc.). Kapoóng sang íya tíngug. His voice is very deep. What a bass voice he has!

To pick, gather, pluck, cull, break off, twist off. Popóa (Pôpoá) ang búnga. Pluck the fruit. Popói (Pôpoí) ang páhò sang íya mga búnga. Pick (Pluck) the fruit off the mango tree. (see dágas, dúgus).

(B) (Sp. probar, prueba) Proof, experiment, trial, test, check; to make trial of, put to the test, to test, prove, try, taste. Porbahí ang sabáw kon manámit ukón malás-ay. Taste the sauce to see whether it is nice or insipid. Porbahí. Try it. Find it out by experience. (see tiláw, pruéba).

(B) Thickset, stocky, stumpy, etc. See póktol, podól, pudól.

(Sp. formal), Formal, polite, proper, decent, seemly, courteous, mannerly, decorous, according to established manners or etiquette. (see ígò, ángay, dápat, maúgdang, malígdong, may, tinón-an).

(B) Poor, indigent; a beggar, pauper, mendicant. (see ímol, makalolóoy, makilímos, póbre, próbe).

(B) See pólog-to be in a hurry, etc.

The flower of the mango-tree. (see parókpok).

Knee-breeches, shorts, knickers, knickerbockers. (see sárwal, bahág, delárgo).

(Sp. porfía, porfiar). Obstinacy, persistence, stubbornness, competition, provocation; to wrangle, quarrel, bicker, contend, provoke, altercate in opprobrious terms, insult or abuse with contemptuous language. Ginporpía (Ginporpiár) níya akó. He insulted me. He provoked me. Nagaporpiáhay (Nagaporpiyáhay) silá. They are abusing each other. (see ákyat, pamúyas, pinuyasáy, timoláng, pasipála, padag-ánay, paindísíndis).

See porpía, porpiár.

(Sp. portalón) Gangway, gangplank. (see andámio, latayán, guluwáan).

(Sp. esposa) Manacles, fetters, shackles, handcuffs; to handcuff, manacle, fetter, shackle, put handcuffs on another. Ginposásan siá sang polís, kay nagbátok sa íla. The police handcuffed him, because he offered resistance. (see gapús, gápus, higót).

(Sp. posa) A pause; a stop or halt in a funeral procession for the purpose of singing a response; to sing a response at a funeral. Magpósas kamó dirí. Stop here for the singing of a response. May tátlo ka pósas. There will be (or were) three pauses or stops (for the singing of a response).

Slight pauses, rests at short intervals. (see pósas).

(B) Chignon, hair-knot, knot of hair; to put up-, bind up-, the hair, make the hair up in a knot or chignon. Pós-a (Posoá) ang ímo bohók. Do up your hair. Pós-i (Posoí) ang bátà sang íya bohók. Tie the girl's hair up in a knot or chignon. Put up the child's hair. (see pungós, pinúngsan).

(Sp. pozo) Well, water-hole, pit, cistern. (see áwang, bubón).

A game at (of) cards.

The flower-bud, peduncle of a banana, etc.

A kind of dish made of rice mixed with meat, ragout, fricassee; also verb. Napospasán akó níya sing manók kag bugás nga maputî. She prepared for me a chicken mixed with white rice.