Hiligaynon
An asseveratory or corroborative particle: certainly, surely, what do you mean, no doubt, or the like. Akon iní bayâ. Nagdúmdum ikáw nga ímo? This certainly belongs to me. Did you think it was yours?
Hiligaynon
(B) To leave, quit, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, give up, let-, leave-, alone. Daw sa índì siá makabáyà sang maláut níya nga kinaanáran. It seems as if he cannot give up his evil habits. Bayái lang inâ. Leave that alone. Don't meddle with that. Indì mo siá pagbayáan dirâ nga isá lang. Don't leave him there alone or all by himself. Indì mo pagpabáy-an (pagpabayáan) ang ímong mga ginikánan sa íla nga katigulangón. Don't forsake your parents in their old age. A, galî, binayáan níya akó nga walâ siá maghulát sa ákon? Well now, he has left me in the lurch and has not waited for me? (see bíyà).
Hiligaynon
(B) Anything given up, left off or discontinued. Báyà ko na ang paginúm sing mga ilímnon nga makahulúbug. I have given up taking intoxicating drinks. Báyà na níya ang sugál. He does not gamble any more. He has given up gambling. (see bíyà).
Hiligaynon
That is given up, left off, abandoned, deserted, relinquished, got rid of; to leave, abandon, relinquish. Bíyà ko na inâ nga pagkáon. I have now given up eating such things. Bíyà ko na ang pagbáile. I have left off dancing, given up dancing. Indì mo pagbiyáan ang bátà sa baláy. Don't leave the baby at home. (see báyà id.).
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
To leave alone, leave, leave off, quit, abandon, give the slip to, desert, forsake, throw up, give up, take no concern or interest in, disregard, ignore, be heedless, of. Pabayái lang silá. Just leave them alone. Simply let them do what they like. Ginpabayáan-or-ginpabáy-an lang níla ang íla mga kabatáan sa baláy. They left their children alone at home. Nagapabayâ lang silá sang íla trabáho. They are quitting work. They are leaving their work undone. They are throwing up their job. (pa, báyà).
Hiligaynon
Freq. of báyà-to leave, abandon, let alone, etc.
Hiligaynon
Liable to fall under a spell by which a benefit is changed into its opposite evil. Indì mo pagsingganán ang bátà nga matámbok siá, kay básì abáyan. Don't tell the child that it is fat, because it might fall under an evil spell (and become lean or sick). N. B. This is a superstition. It is likely that after "abáyan" "sang áswang" is understood.
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
(Sp. guayábo, guayaba) The guava-tree and its fruit.
Hiligaynon
Payment, settlement, disbursement, expenditure, outlay; to pay, settle, spend, disburse. Magbáyad ka sang ímong útang. Pay (you must pay) your debt. Sa walâ sing báyad or sa waláy báyad. Without payment; gratis, free. Kón índì ka magbáyad sa íya karón, índì ka makaútang sa íya liwán. If you don't pay him now, you cannot get a loan from him again. Bayári na siá sang duhá ka mángmang nga ginhulám mo. Pay him now the two pesos you borrowed. Ibáyad mo sa íya ang napúlò ka mángmang nga útang mo sa íya. Pay him the ten pesos you owe him. Ang mga komersyánte malúyag sang mga súkì nga may batásan sa pagbáyad sing támbing. Dealers like customers that habitually pay cash. Nakabáyad ka sang relóh nga nabáton mo gíkan sa Manílà?-Hóo, dúgay na nga binayáran ko yádto. Have you paid for the watch you received from Manila?-Yes, I paid for it long ago. Walâ pa akó sing ikabáyad sa ímo. I have not yet got the means with which to pay you. Sa madalî ukón sa madúgay magabáyad gid siá sing mahál sang íya nga sináypan. Sooner or later he will pay dearly for his mistakes. Pabayára (-áda) siá. Make (let) him pay.
Hiligaynon
Fork, bifurcation, crotch; the tendons, muscles and folds of skin near the crotch of an animal. (see sakáng).
Hiligaynon
An old song or tune, a chanty: to hum a tune. Nagsakáy siá sa íya karabáw nga nagabayái. He sat on his buffalo humming a tune.
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
To take physical exercise. Ibayátbáyat mo ang ímo nga láwas. Take physical exercise. Exercise your body. (see banátbánat, unátúnat).
Hiligaynon
Brother-, sister-in-law.
Hiligaynon