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A club, beater, bat, clothes-beater, etc.; the row of teeth a shark uses in striking; snout, sword (of a fish); to beat, strike, knock, club. Pakangá ang ákon delárgo kon maglabá ka sinâ. Beat my trousers well when you wash them. Indì mo pagpakangón ang ákon bág-o nga báyò, kóndì tapátapáhon mo lang, agúd índì magísì. Don't beat my new jacket with the beater, but with the hands only, lest it should be torn. Ipakáng sa mantél iníng kawáyan. Use this piece of bamboo to beat out the table-cloth with. (see bákol, hámpak).

To let or make a gun go off, to fire, let off, discharge, detonate, fire a salute, fire off salvoes, to cannonade, cause something to burst with a loud report, to fire shots by means of a gun, rifle, mortar, etc. Also noun: shooting, salvo, salute with guns, or the like. Sang piésta dídto sa báryo may palupók sa kawáyan. At the feast there in the village they fired off a bamboo gun. Palúkpi (Palupokí) ang Nobéna. Fire off mortars during the novena. Ipalupók ko sa ímo iníng rekámara sa ínyong piésta, ápang kon magubâ (mapérde, maránggà) báklan mo akó sing isá nga bág-o (sing isá ka rekámara nga bág-o). I'll let you have this mortar for your Feast, but if it should be ruined, you'll have to buy me a new one. (see lupók).

Caus. of lusút-to slip or squeeze through, etc. Palútsa siá sa kodál nga kawáyan. Make him (Let him) slip (creep, squeeze himself) through the bamboo-fence.

Gathering, meeting, assembly, collection; to gather, collect, assemble, etc. See panípon. Nagapanipóntípon silá sing mga kawáyan nga igapatíndog sang íla baláy. They are (gradually) collecting (gathering) bamboos for the erection of their house. (see típon).

Visible from a great distance, prominent; to stand out prominently, be visible from afar. Pántaw gid ang kampanáryo sang simbáhan. The belfry of the church is visible from afar. Nagpántaw na ang íya baláy, kay natapás ang mga kawáyan. His house can now be seen from a great distance, because the bamboos have been cut down.

To carry-, bear-, on the shoulders, to shoulder, undergo. Pas-aná lang iníng kawáyan. Carry this bamboo on your shoulder. Papas-aná (Papas-aní) ang bátà sing káhoy. Let the boy carry some wood on his shoulders. Si Hesús nagpás-an sang mabúg-at nga krus. Jesus bore (carried) the heavy cross. (see dalá, pangabága, ántus, batás).

To lean or let lean against, rest against, lean or rely upon, hold or support oneself by. Ipasándig ang kawáyan sa díngding. Lean the bamboo against the wall. Pasandigá ang masakít sa ulúnan. Let the sick man lean against the pillow. Ipasándig mo ang pagsúgid sang ímo mga salâ sa mga sógò sang Diós. In telling your sins follow the order of the commandments of God. Ang mga ímol nagapasándig sang íla pagláum sa kaló-oy sang Diós kag sang íla isigkatáo. The poor have their hope set on (lean, rest their hope upon) the mercy of God and of their fellowmen. (see sándig).

To do something with complete indifference as to the outcome, be regardless of consequences. Nagapasapayán lang siá sang paggámà sing kawáyan sa búlan sa Húlyo. He cuts down bamboos with the utmost unconcern during the month of July. Indì mo pagpasapayanán ang ímo pagtoón. Don't be easy-going about your studies. Ginapasapayanán gid lang níya ang tanán nga mga pagtoloóhan. He regards all creeds with indifference. (pa, sapayán).

Fine (bamboo) shavings or scrapings; to make thin, fine shavings of dry bamboo to be used for producing fire by friction. Kawáyan nga pinayôpô (pinayópò). Bamboo cut into thin fragments or shavings. Payôpoí (Payopói) akó sing kawáyan, kay mabágid akó. Get me some dry bamboo-shavings, for I am going to make fire by friction. Payôpoá (Payopóa) ang kawáyan. Make bamboo-shavings. Cut some shavings off the bamboo.

Bolt, bar; to bolt, bar. Pintalí ang ganháan. Bolt the door. Ipintál sa puérta iníng kawáyan. Bar the door with this bamboo.

(H) Fit for or to be used for building a punút (fish-trap). Kawáyan nga pulúnton. Bamboo destined (intended) for the making of a fish-trap. (see purúnton id.).

Dam, dyke, weir, lock, weel; to dam, make a dam or dyke, build a barrier or weir in a river, etc. Ginapúndan níla ang kanál, ang kalóg, ang túbig, etc. They are building a dam across the channel, across the ditch, against the flow of water, etc. Ipúnud ang mga bató, káhoy, kawáyan, etc. Use stones, wood, bamboo, etc. to build the dam with.

To crush, break by pressure. Pús-a (pusaá) ang ítlog, kamátis, kalámay nga bilóg, etc. Crush the egg, the tomato, the piece of sugar, etc. Ginpusâ níla ang kawáyan. They crushed the bamboo. Manók nga napús-an (sang íya nga ítlog). A useless, unprofitable hen. A good for nothing or useless fellow. (Lit.; A hen with a crushed egg in its ovary).

(B) To twist or turn aside, deflect the aim, hinder a straight hit. Warâ mamúng-i ang mán-og, hay nagsaligwatóng sa kawáyan ang bastón ko. (Walâ matám-i (maígò) ang mán-og, kay nagalángálang (nakasángit) sa kawáyan ang ákon bastón). I did not hit the snake fair, because my stick was deflected by the bamboo. (see salipád, saligotóng).

(H) To straddle, sit astride, bestride. Ginsalikaán níya ang kabáyo-or-nagsalikâ siá sa kabáyo. He sat astride (He bestrode) the horse. Nagasalikâ siá sa kawáyan. He sits astride the bamboo. (see bákà, bakâ).

(H) To grow, sprout in a circle, as the shoots round a trunk or broken branch. Nagasalíngsing ang kawáyan nga nalumâ sang hángin, ang púsug nga nabúgsok, etc. The bamboo broken by the wind, the thick piece of bamboo stuck in the ground as a stake, etc. is putting forth new shoots.

To split, cleave. Sinalíp-ak nga kawáyan. Split bamboo. (see bís-ak, bí-al).

To wind, bind, roll, twist around. Sambudí (-urí) ang kawáyan ti písì (sing písì). Wind a string round the bamboo. (see sámbad, sabúd, balámbud).

To hang to, stick to, hook in, be caught or detained (as by a hook or the like). Nakasáng-ul ang íya panápton sa símsim sang kawáyan. His clothes caught in the bamboo branches. (see sáng-at, salángat).

To tear asunder, split (bamboo, etc.). Siáda (-ára) ang kawáyan. Split the bamboo. (see lías, bíal).