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To get loose, to peel or scale off, as a piece of bark, skin, flesh, etc. Nagál-al na ang kogán sang ákon butí. The scabs of my smallpox have now fallen off. Lauyáha ang kárne túbtub nga magál-al sa túl-an. Boil the meat till it comes loose from the bone. Al-alá or paal-alá ang pánit sang manók. Boil the chicken till the skin comes away.

To peel-, strip-, flake-, scale-, off, take off in thin layers. Napásò siá kag nadúl-ak ang pánit sa íya bútkon. He was scorched and the skin peeled off his arm. Nadul-akán ang ákon batíis, kay liniswahán ni Pédro sing maínit nga túbì. The skin of my calf came off in scales, for Peter had poured scalding water over it. (see ál-al, ák-ak, bák-bak, óklab, ukáb).

To strip, separate (meat from the bones, etc.); to cut in pieces, dissect, disembowel; to drop, fall off (as withered leaves or the like). (see ál-al, dágdag, pamutáputá, bósbos).