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Steep, sheer, scarped, precipitous, almost vertical, upright, standing on end, abrupt; to be or make steep, etc. Hándog nga hágdan. A steep ladder or stair. Hándog nga bató. A precipitous rock. Pahandogá ang hágdan. Set up the ladder nearly upright. Ginában sang subâ ang bánglid kag ang pángpang naghándog. The river has washed away the incline and the bank has become sheer. (see tíndog, píl-as).

(B) To enter, pass-, ooze-, percolate-, filter-, soak-, through. Ang túbig nagahunúb sa bangâ. The water is filtering through the jar. Ang mga bág-o nga kólon sing masamí ginahunubán sang túbig. New clay-pots are frequently porous (not water-tight). Pahunubí ang salaán sang túbig. Pass the water through the filter. Sa súbung siní nga ulán índì magbahâ ang subâ, kay ang tanán nga ulán mahunúb gid sa dútà nga kigás. With such a rain-fall there will be no flood in the river, for the dry ground will absorb (soak up) all the rain-water.

To eat away piece by piece, to undermine, wash away, take off, especially said of water. Ginkábkab sang subâ ang ámon dútà. The river washed away our land. May katalágman nga kabkabón sang subâ iníng umá kon magabút ang bahâ. There is danger of this field being undermined and carried off by the river, when the flood comes. (see áb-ab).

To erode, undermine, take off piece after piece, eat away (of water); to dredge, excavate. Ginkádkad (kinádkad) sang subâ ang pángpang. The river undermined and carried off its bank. Kinadkarán ang bató sang túbig. The stone was undermined by the water. (see áb-ab, kábkab).

(H) To tuck or turn up (trousers and the like). Kalokúsa ang delárgo mo. Tuck up your trousers. Nagalakát silá nga kinalókus ang íla mga delárgo. They are walking with their trousers tucked up. Pangalókus ka, kay matabók kitá sa subâ. Tuck up (your trousers), for we are going to cross the river. (see baláking-to tuck up skirts, sotanas, and the like).

Eyes; source, beginning; centre. Ang kamát-an sang subâ. The source of the river. The central or deep channel of the river. (see matá).

To overflow, swamp, cover, pass over. Ang subâ nagkápan sang ámon umá. The river overflowed our farm-land. Ang pángpang nakapánan sang túbig. The banks were covered with water. Ginkápan sang mga balúd ang sakayán. The waves passed over the boat-or-The boat was swamped by the waves.

Rivers, river-system. (see subâ).

Inundation, flood; to inundate, overflow, cover, flood. Ang subâ naglámbas sang ámon dútà. The river inundated our land. Linámbas sang túbig ang ámon talámnan. Our rice-field was flooded, (see lángbas).

A slight rise in a river; to rise a little. Nagalanáb man lang ang subâ. The river has risen a little. (see búlus, dalódò, bahâ).

Inundation, flood; to overflow, cover, inundate, flood. Nalangbasán ang ámon umá sang subâ. Our field was flooded by the river. Ang búlan sa Oktúbre amó ang inogpanglángbas (inogpanlángbas). The month of October is the season of floods. Ang túbig naglángbas sang idálum sang ákon baláy. The water covered the ground-floor of my house. (see lámbas).

A swim, swimming; to swim, float. Nagtabók silá sa langóy. They swam across. They crossed by swimming. Maálam ka balá maglangóy? Do you know how to swim? Indì kamó maglangóy sa masulúg nga túbig, kóndì sa malínaw. Don't swim in a current, but in quiet water. Nalangoyán (Linangoyán) níla ang línaw. They swam in the lake. Langoyá lang ang pagtabók sa subâ. Simply swim across the river. (see lalangóyan).

A dam, dyke, burrock, weir, breakwater, levee; to build a dam or fence (of stones, stakes, twigs, bamboo, sand, etc.). Lapúgi ang subâ. Make a dam in the river-or-Dam the river. Ilápug iníng mga bató kag kawáyan. Use these stones and bamboos to build a burrock or weir. May lápug dirâ. There is a dam there. (see púnud).

Detritus, fine sand and earth, slime, deposit, sediment, mud carried along by running water, especially during a flood, and deposited somewhere else; chaff, empty ears of rice, etc. Also verb. Nalay-onán ang ámon áwang, kay naágyan sang bahâ. Our well was filled up with mud, because the flood passed over it. Linay-onán sang subâ ang ámon dútà. The river covered our land with a deposit of mud. (see búnbun, bagónbon, laó, lalaó, lúnang).

A kind of fishing net; to catch fish with the láya-net. Diín si Fuláno?-Nagaláya (nagapanláya, nagapangláya) sa subâ. Where is N.N?-He is fishing in the river with a láya-net. Magláya or mangláya kitá. Let us go fishing with a láya-net.

Full of leeches. Subâ, talámnan nga lintaán. A river or field, etc., full of, or containing, many leeches. (see lintaón).

To lift up or raise a curtain, clothes, and the like. Lukisá ang báyò mo. Lift up or raise your jacket. Ginlukisán níya ang kátre sang kortína. He raised the bed curtain. Kon magtabúk ka sa subâ, índì ka maglukís sang ímo panápton sing támà kay maláw-ay. When you go across a river, don't raise your garments too much, for it is improper. (see bátak, baláking, lolós).

To topple over, heel over, tilt, tip, fall over due to one or more supports giving way. Nalúsud (Nagkalúsud) ang baláy, kay gináb-ab sang subâ. The house having been undermined by the river fell over. Nabálì (nagkabálì) ang isá ka tiíl kag nalúsud ang lamésa. One leg broke and the table toppled over. Nalusúran (nalusúdan, nalúsdan) siá sang íya baláy. His house tumbled down (fell over, burying him underneath). Gabúk iníng halígi; ilísi sing bág-o, kay kon dílì malúsdan ka sang ímo baláy. This post is rotten; replace it by a new one, for otherwise your house will-tumble down,-collapse,-come to grief.

(B) To be or become low, of little height; to shorten, lower. Nagnabâ ang pángpang sang subâ. The river-bank has become low. Nanabaán akó siníng síya. This chair is too low for me. Utda ang tiíl sang lamésa, agúd magnabâ. Cut the legs of the table so that it may be low. (see nobô).

Shallowness, little depth; to be or become low, shallow (of a river, or the like). Nagnábaw na ang túbig sang subâ. The water of the river-has gone down,-is now quite shallow. Mahapús ang ámon pagtabók sa subâ, kay nanabáwan kamí sang túbig. It was easy for us to cross the river, because the water was shallow. (see nobô-to be low, of little height; dálum-to be deep; táas-to be high).