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An expression of joy, surprise, astonishment, admiration, sorrow, grief and pain. Oh! Ah! Alas! Hurrah! Abáo, katahúm siní nga daw lángit! Ah, how beautiful! How like heaven! Abáo nga pagkamakaloló-oy sang ákon karón nga kahimtángan! Oh the wretchedness of my present condition! May dakû nga súnug kahápon sa Ilóngílong kag madámù nga mga baláy nga dalágkù ang nagabó.-Abáo! There was a great fire yesterday in Iloilo and many large buildings were burned to ashes.-Oh, really! Ah, this is a terrible news! (see abá).

To chip-, trim-, dress-, hew-, wood by cutting or splitting off small pieces. Agsapí ang káhoy. Dress the wood by chipping. Inágsap nga káhoy. A chip-, splinter-, of wood. Ang mga inágsap sang kawáyan ginapaámak sa kaláyo. Bamboo-trimmings are useful for lightning or kindling a fire. Iágsap akó ánay siníng káhoy. Please trim this piece of wood for me. Nagtínlò na ang inagsapán nga halígi. The post that was trimmed has become smooth. Paagsapá ang pánday siníng halígi. Let the carpenter trim this post. (see sápsap).

An edible mushroom. See amamákol id.

Fungus, mushroom, toadstool. (see amomókol, amamákol).

(B) Untidy, dirty, filthy, grimy, slovenly, slipshod; to be or become untidy, etc. Sádto maámbong siá, karón nagarát na or arát na siá. Formerly she used to be neat, now she is or has become slovenly. (see damák, sáprat, rísmò, rigám, hígkò, rígkam).

(H) A roll; to roll up. Balolóna ang baníg. Roll up the mat. Ibalólon akó ánay siníng amákan. Kindly roll up this bamboo-mat. Balolóni akó sing isá ka sigarílyo. Please roll me a cigarette. (see lolón, álas-to coil or wind a rope, etc.).

(Sp. baluarte) Bulwark, defence, stronghold, fortress, fort; trench. (see trintséra, palalípdan, palamakurán).

A kind of ghost, elf, goblin, believed in by the superstitious and supposed to assume preferentially the shape of a wild chicken called iláhas. (see tumáo, bágat, katáw, kamâkamâ).

To neglect, pay no attention to, become estranged from, disregard, abandon, take no account of. Ginabínbin níya ang íya mga manák. She neglects her stepchildren. Indì mo pagbinbinón ang ímo mga pariénte. Don't become estranged from your relatives. (see pálhi, síkway, pahámak, ahígahíg, pabáyà).

Rough, uncouth, unpolite, impolite, uncivil, unmannered, coarse, uncultured; mean, low, immodest, indecent, foul, obscene. Binástos nga hámbal, pangulús, pangabúdlay, etc. Unpolite talk, a very ordinary or inferior way of dressing, rough work, etc. Ang binástos níya nga batásan. His rude manners. Binástos gid ang íya nga ginngásal. He used very foul language. (see bástos, manól, barúbal, damák, sáprat, mahígkò, maláway).

To tie, fasten, secure, bind together; to gather, collect. Nagabínkit silá sang íla mga bátà. They are gathering their children together. Nagbínkit (nagbilínkit) silá sang íla mga pinamakál. They collected and bound together the things they had bought. (see típon, búgkos).

A kind of tree growing to a large size and believed by the superstitious to be the abode of tumáo, bágat, dwíndi, kamâkamâ, etc.

To bind the rim or edge, especially of wickerwork, with rattan or other material. Bodborá-or-bodborí (-odá,-odí) ang bakág. Put a rattan rim round the top of the carrier-basket. Ibódbod iníng owáy sa amákan. Edge the bamboo mat with this rattan.

To spread out, especially to dry in the sun. Buladá or bulará ang humáy, ang hábul, etc. Spread out the rice, the blanket, etc. Bularí ang amákan sing humáy. Spread some rice on the bamboo-mat. Ibulád akó sang ákon báyò, kay nabasâ. Please put out my jacket to dry (in the sun), for it is wet. (see ládlad, bílad, banílad).

To neglect, postpone, put off, procrastinate, disregard, pay no attention to. Dílì mo pagbuyánbuyánan ang ímo mga tulumánon. Don't neglect the performance of your duties. (N.B. This term is mostly used with the prefix pa-. Nagpabuyánbúyan siá sa pagkompesár. He neglected-, put off-, going to confession. Pinabuyánbuyánan níya ang pagtúman sang íya mga katungdánan. He shirked doing his duty. (see patumbáyà, pahámak, palántang, pasalipótpot).

Naughty, wicked, rude; uncultured, unpolite, uncivilized; mean, dirty; to be or become naughty, etc. (see damák, sáprat, bástos).