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To scratch and scrape like chickens, to use one's fingers in a similar way. Kaykayá ang dútà. Scratch and scrape the earth together. Kaykayí ang kamóti. Dig the sweet potato out with your fingers. Ikáykay akó sang gamót siníng tanúm nga himulák. Please dig out with your fingers the root of this flowering plant for me. (see karáykay).

To plant cuttings (of kamóti, alugbáti, etc.). Ilándok iníng mga láon sang kamóti. Plant these cuttings of sweet potatoes. Iníng dútà saráng malandokán sing alugbáti. You can plant alugbáti on this ground.

Cuttings, twigs or shoots broken off the stem and to be planted in the soil, applied especially to the cuttings of the sweet-potato plant. Mangítà ka sing láun kag matanúm kitá sing kamóti. Find some cuttings and we will plant sweet potatoes.

Caus. of ánok. Paanóka ang kamóti, lángkà, ságing, etc. Boil the sweet potatoes, the jack-fruit the bananas, etc. soft.

Dim. and Freq. of sápi. Also: helping, assisting; to help, assist, lend a hand, take a hand in, eke out. Ang maís sapísápi sa humáy, ang banáyan piánpían. Corn is a valuable addition to rice, and banáyan also helps to eke out the rice. Ang páray karakapítan, ang maís tereteniénte, ang banáyan piánpían, ang kamóti sapísápi. (Ang humáy kolokapítan (kolokapitán), ang maís toloteniénte, ang banáyan piánpían, ang kamóti sapísápi). Rice is captain (i.e. comes first), corn is lieutenant (i.e. comes second), the tuber called banáyan comes third, the sweet potato fourth (as food). (see piánpían, bulígbúlig, tabángtábang, abángábang).

The cooking or boiling of tubers, bananas, or the like; to boil tubers, etc. Ságing, maís, úbi, etc. nga tinanók. Boiled bananas, corn, úbi, etc. Tánki (tángki, tanokí) akó sing kamóti. Boil me some sweet potatoes. Tánka (Tángka) ang úbi, buhayán, etc. Boil the úbi, buhayán, etc. Iníng sárì nga ságing manámit gid kon tánkon, apáng malás-ay kon kán-on nga hiláw. This variety of bananas is very nice (tasty) when boiled, but insipid when eaten raw. (see talangkúnon, lâgâ, lapó, laúya, tíg-ang, bakól, bukál, pabukál).

Balance, equilibrium, poise, counterpoise, counter-balance, equivalent; partner, help, assistant, mate; to balance, be a partner, to help, assist, lend a hand. Itímbang iníng mga páhò sa kamóti. Balance the sweet potatoes with these mangoes. Timbangá ang ímo lúlan. Balance your load. Timbangí siá sa paggíhit sang lamésa. Lend him a hand at moving the table. May tímbang ikáw? Have you a partner or mate? Magtímbang sa atubángan sang baláy may duhá ka akásya. In front of the house there are (were) two acacia-trees (one on each side). Ang ákon ginbakál nga damáso tímbang (sang) písos. The silk thread I have bought is equal in weight (not cost) to a silver peso. (see tuáng, búlig).

Uvi yam, yam, ubi, an edible tuber belonging to the dioscorea family and growing at times to a large size. There are many varieties: the "kinarabáw, kinárbaw" is of great size and whitish; the "tapól" has a bluish meat; the "tám-is" is sweetish; the "búl-og" grows down deep in the ground; the "likô" is a sort of twisted úbi; the "bagunáw" grows upwards from the ground; the "hilós" is tap-rooted and strikes deep into the soil; the "tayabá" is a kind of small úbi. (see banáyan, buhayán, kamóti).

Uvi yam, yam, ubi, an edible tuber belonging to the dioscorea family and growing at times to a large size. There are many varieties: the "kinarabáw, kinárbaw" is of great size and whitish; the "tapól" has a bluish meat; the "tám-is" is sweetish; the "búl-og" grows down deep in the ground; the "likô" is a sort of twisted úbi; the "bagunáw" grows upwards from the ground; the "hilós" is tap-rooted and strikes deep into the soil; the "tayabá" is a kind of small úbi. (see banáyan, buhayán, kamóti).

(B) Peel, bark, pod, rind, husk; to peel, shell, shuck. Upáki (Paníti) ang kabúgaw, ang kamóti, ang mansánas, etc. Peel the pomelo, the sweet potato, the apple, etc. (see pánit, ánit).

(B) Peel, bark, pod, rind, husk; to peel, shell, shuck. Upáki (Paníti) ang kabúgaw, ang kamóti, ang mansánas, etc. Peel the pomelo, the sweet potato, the apple, etc. (see pánit, ánit).

A plant with edible roots.

See kamotikáhoy.

A tropical plant, from whose berries an excellent mucilage is obtained and whose roots yield tapioca; a cassava plant. (see balínghoy, kamotingkáhoy).

The cassava plant from which tapioca is obtained. (see kamotingkáhoy).

A vegetable poison; the poisonous juice of some plants like káyus, támbò, kamotingkáhoy, etc. Also verb. Indì ka magkáon sinâ, kay básì mabúsaw (busáwon) ikáw. Don't eat that or you may get poisoned. Bás-on ang támbò nga kinídkid (kiníhad) kag púg-an, agúd makúhà ang íya búsaw. Soak the sliced bamboo-shoot in water and squeeze it to press out the poison.