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Slowness, etc. See kahínay.
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To wait for another to follow or come up with on the road; to wait dinner or the like. Ang madásig maglakát magalagád sa mahínay! The fast walker should wait for the slow one! Húy, alagadá (-ará) akó ánay. Hey! Wait for me. (see hulát, agád-ágad, angán, angán-angán).
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Slowly, step by step. See amát-ámat. (see hináyhínay).
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To poise, to weigh in the hand, to judge or guess the weight of an object by holding it and moving it up and down. Balakía ang búgsò sang kárne. Weigh the piece of meat in your hand. Ginabalákì níya ang kabug-atón sang bombáy. He tried the weight of the onions in his hand. Figuratively: to balance, match. Ang bána nga mapíntas kag ang asáwa nga mahínay nagabalákì. The rough husband and the gentle wife compensate for each other. Ginabalákì sang Diós ang mga batásan sang magasawá. God balances the qualities of married folk.
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To put-, throw-, chuck-, down with some force, drop violently. Indì nínyo pagibúgsak ang baúl, kóndì ibutáng sing mahínay. Don't drop the box with violence, but put it down gently. Ginbúgsak (pinúsdak) níya ang bayóong kag nabúung ang mga botílya sa sulúd. He threw the bag down and the bottles inside broke. Bugsakí ang idô sing bató. Throw a stone down on the dog (with some force). (see púsdak, púgsak).
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To snatch, tear away, grasp and pull suddenly, seize with a sudden or swift motion. Ginbúklas sang idô ang kárne nga ákon ginbítbit. The dog snatched away the meat I was carrying in my hand. Indî mo pagbuklasón ang mga butáng nga ginahátag sa ímo, kóndì batónon mo sing mahínay. Don't snatch things given you, but receive them gently, without haste. Ibúklas akó ánay sang hábul nga nasabláy sa alámbre. Kindly pull down for me the blanket hanging on the wire. (see sábnit).
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Greedy, gluttonous; a glutton, gourmand; to be or become greedy, etc.; pagdinalók-to gorge, over-eat oneself, gourmandize, stuff oneself with food, eat greedily, voraciously, ravenously. Dalók nga bátà. A greedy child. Mahínay siá sa pagkáon sádto ánay, ápang karón nagdalók. He used to eat slowly, but now he has become greedy. Nagadinalók siá sa pagkáon. He eats ravenously. (see kágud).
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Gentle, mild, soft, zephyr (of wind). (see mahínay, kanúnay, dupóydúpoy); wide, spacious, open, clear of obstruction, large (of a field, room, etc. see malápad, maálway, masángkad); to be mild, blow softly; to be spacious, etc. Ang hángin hanáhay or nagahanáhay. A gentle breeze is blowing. Hanáhay nga hulút. A large, spacious room.
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