Hiligaynon Dictionary
Hiligaynon
(B) To wash rice (bugás) previous to boiling it. Balonási ang bugás. Wash the hulled rice. Ibalónas akó siníng bugás. Please wash this rice for me. (see balinónas-the water in which rice has been washed; kilís id.).
(H) To wash or clean hulled rice previous to boiling it. (see balónas id.; kísli, kiníslan, etc.-balonási, binalonásan, etc.).