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To pick for "Blind man" in a game. Each partaker puts one finger into the open hand of the leader; he whose finger is caught in the suddenly closed hand has to be "Blind man", or the like. "Pitópíto, dákpa si Beníto, kay nangáwat (nanákaw) sing (kang) tubó". "Pitópíto, catch Benito, for he has stolen sugar cane" (one of the doggerels sung by children).
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To spirt (spurt) out in a rather large stream or quantity, to squirt. Ang túbig nagapóswak sa túbo. The water is spirting out of the tube. Naposwakán akó sing nánà sang íya dakû nga hubág. I was sprinkled (spattered) with matter from his large boil. (see búswak).
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(Sp. reventar) Explosion; to explode, detonate, burst, crack, be broken to bits by an explosion. Nagribénta ang kámra sang nahauná nga pagpalupók. The mortar burst at the first charge. Naribentahán akó kagáb-i sang túbo sang ákon kínke. Last night my lamp-chimney cracked. (see lupók).
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Interest on a loan, etc. See túbò.
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To clean out a tube, etc. by pushing a feather, straw, piece of wood, or the like, through it. Sulputá ang lágtok sa ímo húnsoy (sa sánsoy mo). Clean the dirt out of your pipe or cigarholder. Ginasúlput níya (na) ang húnsoy, kay (sánsoy, hay) mapín-ot. He cleaned the stem of his pipe, because it did not draw well. Isúlput iníng bagát sa túbo nga salsálon, kay punô sang ságbot. (Isúlput diáng bagát sa túbo nga salsálon, hay butâ kang rámò). Push this pole through the iron tube, for it is full of rubbish. (see súlsug).
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To sip or suck through a small aperture or tube, or the like; to absorb, imbibe, suck up. Suyúpa ang butóng. Sip the coconut milk. Ginsúyup níya ang ítlog nga hiláw. He sucked the raw egg. Ipasúyup sa bátà iníng gátas. Let the baby suck this milk. Suyúpa ang túbo túbtub nga maggwâ ang túbig. Suck the (air out of the) pipe till the water flows. (see súpsup, sópsop, hígop, yúpyup, sírib, láklak).
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To knock-, brush-, scrape-, shake-, off, as mud from the boots, earth from a shovel, ash from the point of a cigar, etc. Tataká ang kán-on sa túbò. Shake the rice off the bamboo plate. Gintaták níya ang balás sa íya kálò. He shook the sand off his hat. Tatakí sang ímo abáno ang bulutángan sang abó. Knock the ash of your cigar into the ash-tray. Nagsulúd siá sa kwárto nga walâ gánì magtaták sang lúnang sa íya sapátos. He entered the room without so much as scraping (knocking, shaking) the mud off his boots. (see pípi, píphi, púlpug, tapí).
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Offspring, generation, growth. Ang bág-ong tinúbò. The new generation. The young folks. (túbò).
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To include all, be sufficient for all, leave out none, take in all without exception, cover a whole field, fill all positions, or the like. Natoptopán silá sang (sing) tinápay. They were all without exception given bread. Kúlang karón ang mga párì nga índì silá makatóptop sang tanán nga mga parókya. There are too few priests at present so that they cannot fill all the parishes. Ang malápad níya nga palangúmhan natoptopán sang tubó. His extensive farmland is completely covered with sugar cane. Madámù na ang mga dálan nga maáyo, ápang walâ pa man gihápon sinâ matoptopí ang tanán nga mga bánwa. There are now many good roads in existence, but still not sufficient yet to reach all the municipalities. (see tápud, tipatíp, kámpod, túptup).
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For tubuhán, tubohán from tubó-to grow sugar cane, etc.
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Sprouting, growing, giving off new shoots; to sprout, start growing, give off new shoots (said of sugar cane, coconuts, etc.). (see túbò).
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(H) Suitable or well adapted for growing sugar cane. Dútà nga tulubúhan. Land good for growing sugar cane. (see tubó).
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-lánot, -tabákò, etc. A sugar-planter, a hemp-producer, a tobacco-grower, etc.
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To gnaw, nibble, bite off piece by piece. Wang-itá lang ang maís nga binóog. Just gnaw (off the cob) the roast corn (popcorn). Ang idô nagawáng-it sang túl-an. The dog is gnawing the bone. Ang mga bátà malúyag magwáng-it sang tubó. Children like to eat sugar-cane (biting bits off the stalk). (see páng-os, háng-it, kítkit).
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See katúbhan.
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Productive, etc. See mapinatubóon.