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The dialect of Iloilo; to speak that dialect. Nagahiligáynon na siá, kay naghígdà kagáb-i sa Móhon. He speaks the dialect of Iloilo now for last night he slept in Mohon. (This sarcastic remark is often applied to people from the interior who, after but a short stay in Iloilo, pretend to speak "Hiligáynon").

To assemble, gather, collect, foregather, come together. Ang mga pamatán-on kon gáb-i gánì nga masánag ang búlan nagahímbon sa kinurúsan sang dálan. The young people on moonlight nights come together at the cross-roads. Himboná silá sa baláy. Gather them together in the house. Himboní akó sing duhá ka púlò ka manganganí, kay ipaáni ko sa íla ang ákon alányon. Gather for me twenty rice-harvesters, for I will get them to reap my rice crop. (see típon, dúguk, hinúbonhúbon, ímpon, talampúyuk).