Hiligaynon
White spots on the skin, especially on the arms and legs. May aláp-ap ang íya bútkon. His arm has white spots on it. Inalap-apán ang íya batíis. His calf is covered with white spots.
Hiligaynon
The last cleaning of rice before it is washed and got ready for the kettle; to clean rice after the two siftings called "tahúp" and "sisíg" respectively. Alápi ang bugás. Clean the rice. Separate from the rice all admixtures (that should not be boiled together with the clean, properly hulled rice). Iálap akó ánay sináng bugás. Please clean that rice for me. Ipaálap ang bugás sa bátà. Get the servant to clean the rice. Walâ siá sing inalápan. He has no clean rice.
Hiligaynon
Freq. of álap. The phrase "Walâ siá sing aláp-alápan" means: "He is so busy that he is unable to cope with the work". Literally: he has no clean rice in the house (being unable to attend to that on account of having much other work).
Hiligaynon