List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter S - Page 23

Made of iron, iron; very strong.

(Sp. saltar) To leap, jump, bound, spring, fly off. (see lúmpat, lúkso, ályas, ásik).

To welcome, go out and meet, wait for, expect. (see aláwálaw, sug-álaw, súgat, sugatâ). The term "salúbong" seems to come from the Tagalog dialect.

(Sp. salud) Health. Salúd! To your health! Health!

A bamboo-vessel tied to a (clipped) severed fruit-stalk of the coconut palm for the purpose of collecting the slowly dripping tubâ; eavesdropper; intruder, meddler.

To place under, put underneath in order to catch or gather. Salúra ang tubúd. Catch the droppings in a vessel placed underneath. Salúri sing salúd ang tubúd sang swák. Hang a bamboo-vessel to catch the drops oozing from the fruit stalk of the coconut palm. Salúri akó sing ulán. Catch some rain-water for me. Isálud iníng láta sa ulán. Put this can out to catch rain-water.

(Sp. saludar) To salute, greet. Saludahí siá. Salute him. (see támyaw, abíábi, búgno).

Floor, pavement, ground. (salóg id.).

To grope in water or mud, fish with the hands. Salúga ang ísdà. Grope for and catch the fish with your hands. (see panálug).

A splinter, especially one that has got under the fingernail.

To permeate, impregnate, pervade, imbue. (see húgum, húpog, látum, tudúk, salópsop).

To take a meal together, agree, pull together. (see hisáluk).

To feel nausea, feel sick, have one's stomach turned, feel like vomiting. Nagasalukî ang ginháwa ko. I feel like vomiting. (see dígwà, taká).

To dip, dive, sink in or under. Sálum or magsálum ka sa túbig. Dive into the water. Sálma ang lansétas ko. Dive down and get my knife. Sing masamí iníng línaw ginasálman sang mga bátà. The boys often dive in this quiet sheet of water.

Loose, not tight or firm; superficial, insincere. (see halungkakâ, talungkakâ).

To fool, trick, cheat, wheedle, cajole, persuade. (see hásò, hulánò).

To go down, disappear, enter. Nagsálup na ang ádlaw. The sun has gone down. Papáa ang lánsang sing maáyo agúd magsálup sa tápì. Hammer the nail well, that it may enter the board. Pasálpa ang pabílo sang sugâ. Turn down the lamp-wick. Pasálpi ang halígi sing lánsang. Drive a nail into the post.

To soak, steep in fluid, moist, wet, drench. Nasalupápan ang tinápay sang lánggaw. The bread was soaked in vinegar. (see húgum, húlum, húpug, basâ).

To penetrate, etc. See salópsop.

Place under a faucet, tap, pipe, or the like; any place where liquids, trickling or flowing from above, may be collected in vessels put underneath. (see sálud, salúd).