Hiligaynon
(H) Yellow, orange colour; to be or become yellow. Nagdalág ang íya nga báyò. His jacket turned yellow. (see darág).
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(B) See dalagílon id.
Hiligaynon
(B) See kadalagkuán.
Hiligaynon
(B) See túdlò sang dalága.
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The base of a tree, the trunk or stem of a tree near the ground, where the roots branch off; the great, mighty, influential, rich people of a place. Sín-o ang mga gákud siníng bánwa? Who are the most influential men in this town? (see kadalagkuán, kadaragkulán).
Hiligaynon
This letter is pronounced as in English. Variously combined with vowels it is frequently made use of in the Visayan Dialect to form adjectives, nouns and plural verbal forms, e.g. bumulúthò, pumalaháyag, kalalát-an, sululátan, isulúlat, nagilinúm silá, nagilísol silá, nagdaláyaw silá, nagailinútud silá, etc. (Búthò, paháyag, láut, sulát, inúm, ísol, dáyaw, útud, etc.).
Many terms that in Hiligáynon contain the letter "l" have the letter "r" instead in Hiniráya, or Binukídnon, e.g. walâ-warâ, ílog-írog, dalága-darága, malayô-marayô, lángsì-rángsì, etc.