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To be small, etc. See gamáy.
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To become or make small, thin, slender, fine, delicate, little, tiny, slim, to thin, pare down, whittle. Naggamáy ang pérno sa lakás nga tóktok. The bolt became quite slender through excessive rust. Gamayá ang biníklan. Thin down the piece of split bamboo. Ipagamáy ko sa ímo iníng mabahúl nga bastón. I'll hand over to you this big stick and you will make it slender. Ang kalát nabúgras sa nagamayán. The rope snapped where it was thin. (gágmay).
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(H) The little (as opposed to the great), the lower classes of people, the poor or uninfluential members of a community; the least or smallest (of a kind). (see gágmay, kadalagkuán-the great, rich or prominent people).
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Dim. of magágmay. Rather small, etc.
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Small, little; slender, thin. See magágmay.
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(Probably from the Sp. peche, pechina) Trifles, things of little value or importance, trivial or paltry matters; the common run, ordinary people, poor folks. May ginabalígyà dirâ nga nanarîsárì nga pitsépítse. Various little things (refreshments) are sold (served) there. Pitsépítse silá nga mga táo. They are ordinary, simple common people. (see girígirí, witíwití, timáwa, kagagmayán, karintukáy).
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(B) Worm-eaten, maggoty, rotten. Torakón nga mángga. (Tamasókon (Masakitón) nga páhò). A maggoty mango. Báklon ko ráad diáng mga mángga mo, pay búl-on gid ánay ang mga kímay, hanóg kag torakón. (Báklon ko kúntà iníng mga páhò mo, ápang kuháon gid ánay ang mga magágmay, lanóg kag tamasókon). I should like to buy these mangoes of yours, but all those that are very small, bruised or worm-eaten (rotten) must be removed first. (see tinamások, hanóg, lanóg-bruised; lanóng, tanóng-rotten-ripe).