ágtà

Hiligaynon

Blackish, black, negro-black. Abáw, dáw ágtà ang bátà. Oh, the child is as black as a negro. Diín ka man mag-*ágtà? Where did you become so black? Naagtaán gid akó siníng áti. I consider this negrito very black. (see áta, id.).

áta

Hiligaynon

See ágtà id. Kaáta sa ímo. How black you are.

kaágtà

Hiligaynon

Blackness, blackishness, quality of being black. (ágtà; see kaitúm).

maágtà

Hiligaynon

Black, blackish, dark, dun. (ágtà).

maitúm

Hiligaynon

Dark, dusky, black, sable, ebon. (itúm; see mailóm, ágta).

mangitó-ngitó

Hiligaynon

Dark, obscure, black, dusky, ebon, sable, opaque. (see ngitóngitó, maitúm, ilóm, átà, áta, ágtà, madulúm, pitípit).

ágtang

Hiligaynon

(H) The forehead, brow, front. (see dahì id.).

bágtas

Hiligaynon

To leave the water, to lie on wet or muddy ground near the water's edge, said especially of some fishes like the haroán-a sort of mud-eel. Gindakúp námon ang haroán, kay nagbágtas. We caught the haroán-fish, for it had left the water.

balagtásan

Hiligaynon

A discussion, disputation, debate, a literary entertainment, poetical competition, meeting, where the conversational language is preferably a native dialect. (see bágtas).

dágtà

Hiligaynon

Stain, blot, blotch, splash, smut, smudge, grime, spot, smear, daub, smirch, blemish; to stain, blot, mar, foul, etc. Ang dágtà sang salâ. The stain of sin. Nadagtaán siá sing lúnang, tínta, etc. He got stained with mud, with ink, etc. Idágtà mo sa íyang báyò iníng tínta. Stain his jacket with this ink. Ang kalág sang Mahál nga Birhen walâ madagtaí sang salâ nga panublión. The soul of the Blessed Virgin was not stained by original sin. Dinagtaán níya ang kadunggánan sang íya panimaláy. He besmirched the honour of his family. (see músing, bulíng, hígkò).