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To strike with a flat instrument, to hammer; beat, slap with the hand repeatedly or in quick succession (especially in connection with massaging); to shampoo, clean the hair and scalp with a hair-wash; to prepare a hair-wash from the salangkógi-bark, or the like, by hammering (beating, crushing) the bark and dissolving its juice in water; to use or apply such a hair-wash. Pipíi (Pîpií) akó sing hinakí. Prepare a hair-wash for me. Pápà ka sing hinakí nga ipípì (ipîpî) sa ákon bohók. Beat out some bark (Prepare a hairwash) for cleaning my hair. Pipíi (Pîpií) ang ákon bohók sing hinakí. Pour some hair-wash over my hair. Pinipían (Pinîpián) níla ang bútkon ni Fuláno sa pagpaúmpaw sa íya. They slapped N.N.'s arm in order to bring him to. (see pápà, pâpâ).

To tremble, quiver; speak indistinctly, murmur, utter with trembling lips. Kon hubúg siá nagapírik ang íya dílà sing mga pamuyáyaw. When he is drunk he utters indistinct curses. (see pílik, píri).

To put rice into the mortar for pounding; to step accidentally into a hole, mud, pool, etc., to stumble, fall into. Pislongí ang lusóng sing humáy. Put some rice into the mortar. Ipíslong iníng isá ka gántang nga humáy sa lusóng. Put this ganta of rice into the mortar. Nakapíslong sa búhò ang íya tiíl kag nabálì. He fell into a hole and broke his foot.

(Sp. peso) A peso, half an American dollar. Písos ang ginbáyad ko siní. I paid one peso for this. Baylohí akó sing mamisosón (sing mga pisosón) siníng papél de bánko. Change me this bank-note; give me pesos for it (in silver peso-pieces or in one-peso bills). (see mamísos, mángmang).

To palpitate, throb, beat, thump, hammer; to snap (one's finger); palpitation; a tap, slight blow. Ang íya tagiposóon nagpitík sing madásig. His heart beat fast. Nagapitík ang ólo ko. My head is hammering, i.e. I have a head-ache. Pítki (pitikí) or Pítka (pitiká) siá. Snap your finger at him. Tap (rap) him.

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).

(Sp. pliego) A sheet of paper, folded paper, note-paper. Bákli akó sing tátlo ka pliégo nga papél. Buy me three sheets of paper.

To move about as fish in a net, to be crowded; to wriggle, struggle. Nagapókot gid lang ang mga táo sa sulúd sang simbáhan. The people in the church are moving about like fish in a net, i.e. they are crowded or closely packed. Nagdúmug kag nagpokotáy silá nga duhá sing maláwig túbtub nga ang isá sa íla nabúntol. The two of them wrestled and struggled for a long time till one of them was thrown (and gave in).

(H) To plate, overlay, cover with gold or silver; to polish, give lustre to, make bright. Pológa ang síngsing, aríto, etc. Plate the ring, ear-ring, etc. (Cover the ring, ear-ring etc.) with gold. Pológi akó siníng síngsing sing buláwan. Please plate this ring of mine with gold. (púlug id.).

To put thorns or briars across a path, obstruct a road or entrance by means of thorny branches and the like. Polpolí ang dálan sing dógi. Close the road with thorny branches. Ginpólpol níla sa dálan iníng sibúkaw. They put these sebucao-branches across the road.

(Sp. posa) A pause; a stop or halt in a funeral procession for the purpose of singing a response; to sing a response at a funeral. Magpósas kamó dirí. Stop here for the singing of a response. May tátlo ka pósas. There will be (or were) three pauses or stops (for the singing of a response).

A kind of dish made of rice mixed with meat, ragout, fricassee; also verb. Napospasán akó níya sing manók kag bugás nga maputî. She prepared for me a chicken mixed with white rice.

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).

(Sp. premio) Premium, reward, recompense, remuneration, prize, meed, guerdon; to reward, grant a premium, etc. remunerate, requite. Premiohí siá sing medálya. Give him a medal as a prize. (see dúlut, hátag, bugáy, pásdà, pádya, regálo).

(Sp. prensa) Smoothing iron, box-iron, sadiron, flatiron; to press or iron cloth. Prensahá ang panápton. Iron the clothes. Prensahí akó sang ákon báyò. Press my jacket. Anó ang iprénsa mo kon walâ ka sing prénsa? What will you iron with, if you have no flat-iron? (see perénsa, plánsa).

(Sp. frito, freir) Fried; to fry. Manók nga piniríto. Fried chicken. Pritóha ang manók. Fry the chicken. Pritóhi akó sing kárne. Fry me some meat. (see gisá, gisádo).

A hard clod-, clump-, lump-, of earth. Podporá ang mga pugá. Crumble the lumps of earth. Magakalapódpod gid yanáng mga pugá kon ulanán sing madámol. Those clods of earth will crumble under a heavy shower of rain. (see parák, padák, bilóg).

Piece, part, crumb; to fall to (go to) pieces, disintegrate, crumble, break up, break asunder (of clods of earth, lumps of salt or sugar, etc.). Napúgday (Nagkapúgday) na ang mga pugá sa inaradóhan, kay naulanán sing madámol. The clods of earth in the ploughed field have crumbled, because they have been soaked with rain. Pugdayá ang bilóg nga kalámay. Crush the lump of sugar.

Very simple, unadorned, plain; one who is slovenlily or shabbily dressed; a simpleton. Walâ makakúhà sing prémyo ang íla mga baláybálay sa amó nga paindísíndis, kay támà gid ka pugóypugóy. Their booths were given no prize in that competition, because they were far too plain (without any decorations, etc.).

To repress, restrain, check, prevent, curb, hold-, keep-, back (in check), to hinder, impede, control, withhold. Púnggi ang kaákig mo. Curb your anger. Pinúnggan níya siá sa pagkáon sing kárne. He prevented him from eating meat. Daw sa dílì na mapúnggan ang dakû níya nga dumút. His great hatred can scarcely be repressed now. It looks as if his intense hatred has got beyond his control. Walâ níya mapúnggi sa gilayón ang nagadalágan nga áwto kag ang makalolóoy nga táo nadalasâ. He could not stop at once the racing automobile and the poor man was run over. (see puút, sagáng, tápnà).