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To get or make salt from sea-water by pouring the sea-water over smooth sand letting it dry and repeating the process till the sand becomes thoroughly saturated with salt. This sand is then collected in a heap; more water is poured upon it and the outflow, thick with salt, is poured into bamboo troughs to dry in the sun. Crystallized salt is the result, which, scooped out and collected, is then ready for use or sale. Nagabódbod silá sa baybáyon. They are making salt from sea-water on the beach.

To hold on to, cling to, clutch, grip, grasp, fasten upon, seize-, get-, lay-, take-, catch-, lay fast-, take firm-, hold of, keep oneself up by. Ginabayán níya ang kawáyan. He took hold of the bamboo. Gabayí ang kawáyan, agúd índì ka malumús. Keep yourself up by the bamboo, lest you drown. Gabayán mo sing maáyo ang alobaybayán, agúd índì ka mahúlug sa hágdan. Grasp the handrail well, lest you should fall down the ladder. Gabáy ka sa káhoy nga nagalutáw, agúd índì ka malumús. Cling to the floating piece of wood, lest you should drown. (see kapút, kápyot, úyat).

(B) See galabáyan, gabayán, alobáybay, gabáy.