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A vegetable creeper with edible root.

Half-boiled, half-cooked, not properly cooked, the inside remaining hard, especially applied to all kinds of tubers like potatoes, ube, banáyan, etc. (see bútud).

To dig, to dig out, make holes in the ground with any pointed instrument, as a báhì, tagád, sadól, etc. Bakhayá ang dútà, banáyan, etc. Dig the earth, dig out the banáyan-root, etc. Bakhayí akó sing banáyan. Dig out a banáyan-root for me. Iníng tagád ibákhay mo sa dútà. Use this iron-pointed dibble to dig up the earth with. (see káli, sadól, tubúng).

Tastelessness, insipidness, unsavouriness, usually applied to stale tubers like "úbi", "banáyan", "kamóti", etc. (see lísaw).

To be or become insipid, unsavoury, spoilt, go bad, applied to old tubers or the like. Naglísaw iníng banáyan. This banáyan has become insipid. Nalisáwan akó siníng úbi. This úbi tastes bad to me. I think this úbi is spoilt. (see kalísaw, malísaw, ganás, maganás).

See ragátnat id. Ang banáyan nga sagun-otón magaragótnot kon kádton. When one eats the tough-fibred banáyan, there is a sound as of chopping.

The tough fibres in various tubers like banáyan, kamóte, radishes and the like.

Dim. and Freq. of sápi. Also: helping, assisting; to help, assist, lend a hand, take a hand in, eke out. Ang maís sapísápi sa humáy, ang banáyan piánpían. Corn is a valuable addition to rice, and banáyan also helps to eke out the rice. Ang páray karakapítan, ang maís tereteniénte, ang banáyan piánpían, ang kamóti sapísápi. (Ang humáy kolokapítan (kolokapitán), ang maís toloteniénte, ang banáyan piánpían, ang kamóti sapísápi). Rice is captain (i.e. comes first), corn is lieutenant (i.e. comes second), the tuber called banáyan comes third, the sweet potato fourth (as food). (see piánpían, bulígbúlig, tabángtábang, abángábang).

Uvi yam, yam, ubi, an edible tuber belonging to the dioscorea family and growing at times to a large size. There are many varieties: the "kinarabáw, kinárbaw" is of great size and whitish; the "tapól" has a bluish meat; the "tám-is" is sweetish; the "búl-og" grows down deep in the ground; the "likô" is a sort of twisted úbi; the "bagunáw" grows upwards from the ground; the "hilós" is tap-rooted and strikes deep into the soil; the "tayabá" is a kind of small úbi. (see banáyan, buhayán, kamóti).

Uvi yam, yam, ubi, an edible tuber belonging to the dioscorea family and growing at times to a large size. There are many varieties: the "kinarabáw, kinárbaw" is of great size and whitish; the "tapól" has a bluish meat; the "tám-is" is sweetish; the "búl-og" grows down deep in the ground; the "likô" is a sort of twisted úbi; the "bagunáw" grows upwards from the ground; the "hilós" is tap-rooted and strikes deep into the soil; the "tayabá" is a kind of small úbi. (see banáyan, buhayán, kamóti).