List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter P - Page 97

To lay or put one's hand upon. Panggambayí ang íya abága. Put your hand on his shoulders.

To plant, sow, especially to plant seeds by hand in holes made by a stick, etc. Ipánggas ang maís. Plant the corn. Panggasí sing maís ang talámnan nga naányan na. Plant corn in the field from which the rice has been harvested. Ang mga ginikánan dápat magpánggas sang bínhì sang maáyo nga pamatásan sa lanúbò nga tagiposóon sang íla mga bátà. Parents should sow the seed of good conduct (manners) in the young hearts of their children. Walâ kamí sing humáy nga pinánggas, kóndì tinánum lang. We have no rice grown directly from the seeds, but only rice from transplanted seedlings. Ang pamánggas ángay sa mga bánglid, ápang ang panánum sa saláma nga wayáng. Seed-planting is suitable on slopes, but seedling-planting on level plains.

Freq. of gasód-to retort, give a rough answer.

To secure, fasten, tie, bind. Kon magsinutíl ikáw liwán ipánggid ko ikáw sa bánkò kag hanóton. If you are naughty again I'll tie you down on a bench and give you a whipping. (see higót, góos, gápus).

A game at cards; to play panggínggi.

Place (room, house, table, etc.) where panggínggi is played.

Uneducated, illiterate, ill-bred, low, mean, base, rude, unlettered, unschooled, uncultured, a term of contempt applied chiefly to white men. Ang ibán nga mga bukáy nga nagabút dirí sa áton mga panggópánggo gid lámang. Some of the whites that have come here to us are really very low-class people. A, panggópánggo lang siá. Ah, he is only an ill-bred white, a low-cast white man.

To catch fish, crabs, etc. by means of one's apron or skirt (a primitive method of fishing in rivers and shallow waters).

See panggwâ-to go outside, etc.

Freq. of gúsnit-to tear, rend, etc.

Face, countenance, physiognomy, cast or expression of face. Magayón siá sing pangguyáhon. Her face is (was) beautiful. (see guyá, nawóng).

Freq. of gwâ-to go outside, etc.

The same as panh-in words beginning with "h", e.g. panghímos-panhímos (hímos); panghápit-panhápit (hápit). See pan-.

To swell; to ripen, change colour. (see hábal, habál).

Freq. of hágyò-to gesticulate; swing one's arms.

Freq. of haláwhaw-to be taken unawares, to express surprise or astonishment.

Freq. of hamút. To be odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-smelling, scented, aromatic, to have a sweet smell, etc., to give-, give off-, breathe-, exhale-, emit-, diffuse-, a sweet-, pleasant-, delicious-, smell,-odour,-aroma,-scent,-perfume. (see pangámyon).

Freq. of hamóy. To wash one's face, to move the palm of the hand down one's face as after a swim or bath.

Vindication, justification, argument, defence, self-defence; to vindicate, justify, prove to be right. (see tárung, matárung, katarúngan).

Freq. of hangdálhángdal, handálhándal. To go in search of a buyer, to visit from house to house in order to dispose of a pawn or of something for sale. Dúro gid ang panghangdálhángdal ko sa pagbalígyà sang ákon báka. I had to go from place to place in trying to find a buyer for my cow or ox. Ipapanghangdálhángdal mo ang ímo báboy, básì may mabakál. Try to dispose of your pig, perhaps someone would like to buy it. Pinanghangdálhangdalán ko ang madámù nga mga baláy, ápang walâ sing may lúyag sa pagbakál sang ákon umá. I have been to many houses in search of a buyer, but there is none who wants to buy my land. Nagapanghangdálhángdal silá sing pílak nga ilimós sa minatáy. They are looking for money to pay the funeral fees for the person that died.