List of Hiligaynon words starting with the letter S - Page 68

Difficult, trying, hard to bear or manage; to be trying, etc. See sariwául id.

An aphid, plant louse (very harmful to crops).

(Sp. circo) Circus; to be an acrobat, contortionist, tumbler; to turn a somersault, turn head over heels. Magsírko ka. Turn a somersault. (see bansúlì).

(Sp. circular) Circular; a circular letter.

(Sp. serrucho) Large saw, handsaw. (see lagárì).

(Sp. cirujano) Surgeon, chirurgeon, operator. (see manugbúsbus).

(B) To get dark or dusk, to fall (said of evening, twilight, approaching darkness). Nagsírum ron. (Naghápon na gid). Twilight has fallen. It's quite dark now. Magadúaw akó kanínyo kon magsírum ang ádlaw. (Magadúaw akó sa ínyo kon maghápon na gid (kon magnobô na gid ang ádlaw)). I'll visit you in the evening. (see hápon, kasisídmon).

The cricket.

(Sp. cirio) A large wax-candle. Ang síryo paskwál. The paschal candle.

A kind of small edible sea-shell; oyster.

See gisî id.

A kind of plant. (see siósío).

Fie! Whew! Pooh! Don't touch it! Don't come near it! (see a-â).

To tear, rend, etc. See gísì id.

To separate (after pounding) the hulled rice (bugás) from the unhulled grains (pásì) by tossing in a shallow basket and throwing the pásì off at the side, either to the right or left. Sisigí ang bugás. Clean (by tossing) the pounded rice from the unhulled rice. Isisíg ang kalálaw. Use the flat-bottomed, low-brimmed bamboo basket for cleaning the rice. (see sirísíri).

Nurse, especially one that takes care of children.

(Sp. sistro) Sistrum; guitar.

Spite, envy, malice; to do spitefully or out of spite, maliciously, or out of envy; to beguile, trick, cajole. Ang kaláyo nga nagsúnug sang ámon baláy walâ maghalín sa dapúg, kóndì síste gid sang táo. The fire that burned down our house did not originate from the kitchen-hearth, but was intentionally caused by some spiteful man. Ginsistehán sang laláki iníng babáye sing lumáy. This woman was beguiled by the man with a love-philtre. (see tístis).

(Sp. sistema) System.

(Sp. cítara) Zither, cittern, zithern, cithara.