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Aunt; fostermother; dear old woman, kind soul. This term seems to have been borrowed from the Tagalog dialect, (see tíà, tíyà, darâ, mánding, bóboy).

(B) Aunt. (see tíà, tíyà, darâ, mánding, áling).

Aunt; stepmother, foster-mother; dear old woman. (see tíà, tíyà, darâ, áling, bóboy).

To watch, guard, see to, pay attention to, supervise, attend to, as mothers to their children, shepherds to their flocks, hosts to their visitors, etc. Ang bakéro nagaalingá sang mga karabáw. The cowherd is tending the buffaloes. Alingahá ang ímo mga bátà. Look after your children. Indì akó makahalín, kay nagaalingá akó sang akón mga bisíta. I cannot get away, because I have to attend to my visitors. Ialingá akó ánay sang ákon mga eskuéla. Kindly watch my pupils or my classroom for a while. (see bántay, libáng, alimá).

See alingása id.

A little deaf, hard of hearing; to be a little deaf, have one's sense of hearing slightly impaired. Alingágngag siá. He is slightly deaf. Sang isá ka simána maánting pa siá, ápang karón nagalingágngag na. A week ago he could still hear well, but now he is a little deaf. Sán-o pa ikáw magalingágngag? When did you have your sense of hearing impaired? Ginaalingagngagán akó sa íya. He seems to me to be slightly deaf.

Also: The palate. (see tángon, idilímdim, ngalágngag).

Noise, hubbub, clamour, disturbance; disturbing, trying or tiringly noisy, even if not very loud; to be or get noisy, said of children in school, of people talking and laughing during a discourse, in a theatre, meeting or the like. Alingása nga kagáhud! Kaalingása siníng mga táo. What a noise! How noisy these men are. Naalingasáhan akó sa íya. He became a nuisance to me on account of the disturbing noise he made. Indì kamó magalingása. Don't make a noise. Don't be noisy. (see alingá-ut id.).

Also: Sultriness, stuffiness, close heat; to be or become sultry, etc. (see gín-ot, hóhot, indaháng).

A small, wasp-like insect with a very painful sting. (kamaláyo, mangaláyo id^.).

Resentment, grudge, ill-will, ill-feeling; to resent, nurse resentment, bear a grudge. (see aligótgot, ákig, gulut-ánon).

Dulness, dizziness in the head, want of alertness or keenness, from loss of sleep, after too heavy a meal or excessive drinking or the like; dizzy, dull, confused; to feel or become dizzy, lack keenness, etc. Alingógngog ang úlo ko or nagalingógngog ang úlo ko. My head feels dull. Butangì sing hinébra ang íya tubâ sa pagpaalingógngog sa íya. Put some gin into his palm-wine to make his head reel. (see língin, lingín).

Stupid, dull, daft, simple, deranged, half-witted; to be or become stupid, etc. Balingá nga táo. A half-wit, one not quite right in his mind. Sádto maáyo man siá, ápang karón nagbalingá. Formerly he used to be quite normal, but now he has become deranged, half-witted. Nabalingahán akó sa íya. I got the impression that he was not quite normal. (see balingág, )

See balingá. Sán-o pa ikáw magbalingág? When did you go daft? When did have your head (brain) turned? (see tipangág).

To have bloodshot eyes, to look fierce, have fiery or glaring eyes, to be half-blinded by passion, heat or excitement. Ang panúluk siníng táo nagabalingasó. The eyes of this man are fiery, glaring, blazing. Sang pagkasáyod níya siní, nangákig siá kag dáyon nagbalingasó ang íya mga matá. When he heard this, he got angry and his eyes immediately became inflamed with fury or rage.

A kind of river-crab. (see baringáy).

The cassava plant from which tapioca is obtained. (see kamotingkáhoy).

Not quite vertical, leaning-inclined, slanting; to lean a little, be inclined, etc. Kaína matádlung pa ang halígi, karón nagbalingíg na. A while ago the post was straight, now it has inclined a little. Pabalingigá ang halígi. Slant the post a little. (see hiláy, talingî, talingíg, tingíg).

See balikwâ, balíkwat.

A kind of tree-snail with a beautifully coloured shell.