Search result(s) - aláw

Greetings, salutations, regards; to greet, salute, shake hands with; to treat or receive hospitably. Ginapadalá ko sa ínyo ang ákon abí-ábi. I send you my regards. Sa íla nga tanán ang ákon pagabí-ábi kag pagtáhud. To all of them I tender my greetings and respect. Abí-abíha siá. Salute him. Shake hands with him. Treat him well or hospitably. (see aláw, tátap, támyaw, támiaw).

A slight affection of the skin which becomes a little swollen and inflamed or covered with rash. Walking barefoot through dense underbrush, coming bare-armed in contact with branches, etc. is frequently quite sufficient to contract this inflammation on the exposed parts of the skin. The aláo is the lightest of all skin-diseases and can easily be cured. Also used as a verb. May aláo siá or ginaaláo siá. He is affected with aláo. Inaláo siá or inalaoán siá. He contracted the skin-disease aláo. Inalaoán siá sa íya nga bútkon. He got an attack of aláo on his arm. (aláw id.).

To treat, offer to visitors tobacco, cigars, materials for betelnut chewing, a drink, etc. Ialáo sa íla iníng mga abáno or alaoí silá siníng mga abáno. Offer them these cigars. Alaoón ko silá sa baláy. I'll entertain them at home. Ialáo akó sa íla sang malám-on nga dídto sa hulút. Please offer them the materials for betelnut-chewing that are there in the room. (see amóma-to give food to, offer estables, etc.; aláw id.).

To go to meet, to receive. Nagaláo-álao silá sa Ginóong Obispo. They went out to meet the Bishop. Aláo-aláoa siá. Go and meet him. Ipaaláo-álao sa íya iníng pilá ka táo. Send out these few men to meet him (at some distance). (see súgat, aláw-álaw id.).

See aláo, aláo-álao.

A present or gift of food and drink, hospitable entertainment, a treat; to entertain, regale, treat, give food and drink to, etc. Iamóma ko sa íya iníng mga ságing. I'll give him these bananas as a present. Amomáha siá sing maáyo. Treat him well. Nagamóma silá sa ámon sing dagáyà nga kalan-ónon. They treated us to plenty of delicate viands. Ihátag mo sa íya iníng duhá ka búlig nga ságing nga tigáylo sang kárne nga inamóma níya sa ákon. Give him these two bunches of bananas in return for the meat he gave me. Maálwan siá sing kamót sa pagpangamóma sa mga nagadúaw sa íya. He is open-handed in his treatment of visitors. (see aláw).

Prickly heat. (see bungáng-ínit, aláw).

A skin-disease, a kind of herpes or eczema. (see arikís, kagídkid, itíp, bungang-ínit, katúl, aláp-ap, adík-dik, panítpanít, kabúyaw, impíne, bakokáng, aláw, tabukáw, upúdupúd, gulós-gúlos, dúnggas).

Pertaining to or affected with the skin-disease "aláw". Also active plural and perf. passive form of "aláw"-to entertain visitors, etc.

Pertaining to or affected with the skin-disease "aláw". Also active plural and perf. passive form of "aláw"-to entertain visitors, etc.

A pustule; a slight skin-disease, prickly heat. (see libutúg, bungangínit, aláw).

Freq. of aláw-to treat visitors, offer them smokes, etc.; to be hospitable, entertain a guest.

To welcome, go out and meet, wait for, expect. (see aláwálaw, sug-álaw, súgat, sugatâ). The term "salúbong" seems to come from the Tagalog dialect.

To meet, encounter one another coming from different directions, as the one coming up, the other going down, or the one going in, the other coming out of a room, interview, etc.; to meet one another in passing. Nagsublangánay silá nga duhá. The two of them passed each other. (see sumálang, sugatâ, sug-álaw).

(B) To meet, encounter, come upon, fall in with, especially said of persons coming from different directions. Kang pagsug-alawáy (Sang pagsugataáy) námon nagdungán (nagdúngan) kamí padúlung sa Ilóngílong. When we met we went on together in the direction of Iloilo. Sug-aláwa sa dálan. (Sagataá siá sa dálan). Try to fall in with him on the road. (see súgat, sugatâ, sumálang, samálang).

(H) To meet from opposite or different directions. Ang pagsugataáy ni Hesús kag sang íya Ilóy. The meeting of Jesus and his Mother. (see sug-álaw, súblang, sumálang).

Also: to meet, welcome. (see sug-álaw, sugatâ, aláw-álaw).

To meet, encounter, come upon, fall in with. Nasumálang ko si Fuláno. I met N.N. Masumalángan ta riá ti masamí (Makít-an, mabasahán, masápwan ta inâ sing masamí) sa mga pamantaláan. We often-come upon those things,-find such matters mentioned, in the news-papers. (see samálang, sug-álaw, tábò, sapó, sugatâ).

(H) Battlefield, field of combat, scene of a fight. (áway).

(H) Motive of-, cause of-, reason for-, a quarrel or fight; anything fought for, or worth a fight. Ano ang ínyo alawayón? What are you fighting about?