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Stair, staircase, stairway, ladder, flight of-stairs,-of steps, step-ladder; to apply or use a ladder. Hagdaní ang baláy mo. Provide your house with a flight of steps. Ihágdan ko iníng káhoy sa ákon baláy. I'll use this wood to make stairs for my house. Ginhagdanán níla ang baláy sing tápì, agúd maghapús ang pagsákà. They made a stair of planks to their house to make it easy to go up. Diín ang hágdan? Where is the ladder?

A step, rung or round of a ladder; a stair of a flight of stairs or of a staircase; to do something step by step, leisurely, with pauses, with delays, interruptions or intervals. Ang hágdan sang ámon baláy may napúlò ka alintagá. The ladder of our house has ten steps. Indì ka magalintagá kon magsúgid ka sinâ sa íya, kóndì dayúnon mo gid ang ímo paghámbal. Don't use broken, hesitating language, when you recount that to him, but tell him what you have got to say in a coherent manner. Ginalintagá níla ang pagpatíndog sang baláy. They built the house slowly, step by step. (see halíngtang, halíntang id.).

Handrail, railing to hold oneself by, balustrade. Also used as a verb. Alobaybayí ang hágdan sang ímo baláy. Make a handrail for the ladder leading up to your house. Iníng hágdan walâ sing alobáybay. This ladder has no handrail. Naalobaybayán ang íla nga pántaw. Their kitchen balcony is surrounded by a balustrade. Mangalobáy-bay kamó kon manáug. Keep your hand on the handrail when you go down-stairs. Nagapangalobáybay na ang bátà. The baby is already learning to walk or making its first steps by keeping itself up or supporting itself by holding on to a chair, a wall, etc. (see gabáy, gabayán).

A lattice, lattice-work, net-work in bamboo, wood, stone, iron, etc.; to make lattice-work, to lattice, interlace, interweave. Ibalatibát iníng kawáyan. Make lattice-work of this bamboo. Balatibatí ang ibábaw sang hágdan. Surround the landing at the top of the stairs with lattice-work. Balatibatá ang ímo pagrára. Make lattices in your wicker-work.

To fracture, rupture, break without severing, to bend or twist so as to break, but without tearing off entirely. Nabálì ang íya bútkon. He broke his arm. Ginbálì níya ang alobaybayán sang hágdan. He broke the handrail of the ladder or stair. Balía ang sangá sang káhoy nga nagabálag (sang) sa dálan. Bend back and twist the branch that obstructs the road.

To roll over and over, turn somersaults, as in falling down-stairs, etc. to play with stones, marbles, etc., as children do. Nagbalínsay siá sa hágdan. He turned a somersault down the stairs. Pabalinsayá siá sa pángpang. Roll him down the river-bank. Ang mga bátà nagahámpang sang balínsay. The boys are playing at turning somersaults-or-are playing (with stones, búskay, etc.) the game called balínsay. (see balíntong, balintotók, bansúlì).

To turn head over heels, fall down headlong or head foremost, turn upside down, invert. Nagbansúlì siá sa hágdan. He fell headlong down the stairs. Ginbansúlì níya ang bátà. He turned the baby upside down (in play). Bansulía ang kawáyan, halígi, bastón, etc. Turn the bamboo, the post, the stick, etc. upside down. (see sulî, balískad, balíntong, balintotók, balínsay, etc.).

To tumble or roll down headlong or head foremost, to roll or turn over several times, to fall down head over heels. Andam ka, kay básì magbantólid ka sa hágdan. Take care not to fall headlong down the stairs. Nagbantólid siá sa pángpang, sa dululhúgan nga píl-as, etc. He tumbled head over heels down the river-bank, the steep incline, etc. (see bansúlì, balínsay, búlid, bulídbulíd, ligídligíd).

To run over, knock down. Ang bátà nahúlug sa hágdan, kay gindagasâ sang idô. The child fell down-stairs, for it was knocked over by the dog. (see dalasâ).

To pass, reach, tender, offer, hand, give into another's hand (from some considerable distance or whenever the receiver has a difficulty to reach, or cannot reach, what he needs, himself). Idóhol sa ákon ang súndang. Pass me the knife. Kon dídto ka na gánì sa sangá sang kamúnsil idóhol ko sa ímo ang singít. When you are there on the branch of the camunsel-tree I will hand you the pole and hook. Dohóli akó sing pínggan, biníklan, etc. Hand me a plate, a piece of split bamboo, etc. Ginadohólan níya ang pánday nga árà dirâ sa hágdan sang martílyo. He is handing up the hammer to the carpenter there on the ladder. Dawáta ang tulún-an nga ginadóhol sa ímo. Take the book that is held out to you. Pumalapít ka sing diótay, agúd makadóhol akó sa ímo sang lánsang. Come a little nearer that I may be able to hand you the nail. (see túnghol, hátag, entregár).

To hold on to, cling to, clutch, grip, grasp, fasten upon, seize-, get-, lay-, take-, catch-, lay fast-, take firm-, hold of, keep oneself up by. Ginabayán níya ang kawáyan. He took hold of the bamboo. Gabayí ang kawáyan, agúd índì ka malumús. Keep yourself up by the bamboo, lest you drown. Gabayán mo sing maáyo ang alobaybayán, agúd índì ka mahúlug sa hágdan. Grasp the handrail well, lest you should fall down the ladder. Gabáy ka sa káhoy nga nagalutáw, agúd índì ka malumús. Cling to the floating piece of wood, lest you should drown. (see kapút, kápyot, úyat).

To bind, fasten, tether, hitch or lash to, secure, picket, moor, make fast to, tie to. Igáid ang kalát sa búgsok. Fasten the rope to the stake. Gingáid níla siá sa isá ka halígi. They bound him fast to a post. Igáid ang karabáw sa kodál. Tether the buffalo to the fence. Gaíri (-ídi) iníng búgsok sang ímo kabáyo. Tie up your horse to this stake. Sín-o ang naggáid sang ákon idô sa hágdan? Who tied my dog to the ladder? Pagabút ko dirí nagáid na siá. It was tied when I arrived here. (see higót, bángot).

To observe, look at, view, gaze at, eye, keep an eye on, watch from a window or the like. Gawáha kon sín-o ang sa idálum. Look out and see who is below. Igáwa akó kon sín-o ang nagaámba dirâ sa hágdan. Kindly look out and see who is singing on the stairs. Dáyon lang siá nagagáwa sa bintánà sa mga umalági sa idálum. She is always looking out of the window to watch the passers-by below. Magbulúsbúlus kamó maggáwa sa gawáng sa mga nagalubás sa dálan kag kon ínyo makítà si Fuláno pahapíta siá dirí. Watch in turns from the window the passers-by on the road, and if you see N.N. invite him up here. Gawáhi sing sugâ ang táo dirâ sa atubángan sang baláy. Take a light and observe the man there in front of the house. Ginawáhan níya sing pasílak ang makáwat. He watched the thief by means of a flashlight. (see bántay, tíid, áwhog, áwhang, ánghaw).

Staircase, place where the stair or ladder is attached; entrance. Diín ang hagdánan sang ínyo baláy? Where is the entrance to your house? (see hágdan).

Steep, sheer, scarped, precipitous, almost vertical, upright, standing on end, abrupt; to be or make steep, etc. Hándog nga hágdan. A steep ladder or stair. Hándog nga bató. A precipitous rock. Pahandogá ang hágdan. Set up the ladder nearly upright. Ginában sang subâ ang bánglid kag ang pángpang naghándog. The river has washed away the incline and the bank has become sheer. (see tíndog, píl-as).

Dim. and Freq. of hawát. To eat again a little, etc. Also: To be nervous, get afraid, tremble. Nagahawáthawát ang ákon ginháwa sa pagtúluk sinâ nga bátà nga nagapatibí sa hágdan. It makes me tremble to see that child in danger of falling from the ladder.

To grope, feel one's way, as a blind man or as in the dark. Hikáma kon diín ang gangháan. Grope about and find where the door is. Ang mga táo kon gáb-i nga madulúm nagahíkam (nagapanghíkam). Men on a dark night grope and feel their way. Naghíkam akó sa pagsákà sa hágdan. I groped my way up the stairs. (see hílam, híram, kápkap, pangápkap).

Distraction, diversion, inattention, condition or state of being distracted. Támà gid ang íya kalingáw (pagkalingáw) nga walâ siá makabatî sang lágpok sang íya bátà nga nahúlug sa hágdan. She was so distracted that she did not even hear the noise made by her child when it fell down the stairs. (see lingáw).

The noise of falling waters, the tramping of horses, etc; to roar, thunder, clatter, clap, slap, etc. Naglagápak ang mga láta nga nahúlug sa hágdan. The cans that fell down the stair made a clatter. Nagalagápak ang túbig sa busáy. The water is falling over the precipice with a noise like thunder. Magalagápak ang mga tápì sang táytay kon maágyan sing kabáyo nga nagatúwad. The boards of the bridge resound when a horse passes over it at a gallop. Tinámpà níya siá nga lumagápak (lumagapák) ang íya guyá. He slapped him that his cheek resounded with the blow. (see lágpak).

To forbid, interdict, disapprove, object to, refuse sanction, put under taboo (often used in connection with superstitious observances). Lihií siá sa pagpalígos sa amó nga panahón. Prohibit him from taking a bath at such a time. Ginalihî ang pagpanáug sa baláy kon ang isá ka tagútò nagahuní sa hágdan. It is not advisable (by a superstitious observance) to leave the house if a lizard croaks on the staircase. Ilihî ang pagkáon sa bátà nga nagalíngkod sa tapalán. (A superstition). Object to the child taking food sitting on the cutting block. Ginalihî ang pagkáon sing kárne sa mga ádlaw nga Biérnes sa Kwarésma. It is forbidden to eat meat on the Fridays of Lent. (see dílì, dumílì).