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Crack, split; to crack, split. May hirás ang tása. The cup is cracked. Naghirás ang tása. The cup is cracked. Iníng pínggan nahirasán. This plate has a crack in it. (see litík, balanâ).

(H) A crack, chink, split, fissure; to crack, form a chink or fissure. May balanâ or nagbalanâ ang túbo sang kínke, ang kristál sang bintánà, ang kólon, etc. The lamp-chimney, the window-pane, the cooking pot, etc. is cracked. (see litík, hirás).

To crack, form fissures (said of the soil). Nagbángag ang ámon talámnan. Our field has cracks in it. Nabangagán ang humáy sa talámnan, kay dúgay na nga walâ magulán. There are cracks in the ground under the rice in the field, because it has not rained for a long time. Patubigán mo dáyon ang talámnan, agúd nga índì magbángag. Keep the field constantly under water or water the field constantly, lest it should form cracks. (see litík, balanâ, hirás).

To be stingy, give little, treat in a miserly way, be parsimonious, shabby, mean, niggardly, close, "penny-wise". Ginhirasán lang níya ang íya útud sang mánggad nga íla pinanúblì. He gave his brother only a small amount of the property they inherited. Indì mo paghirasán ang ímo libáyon sing tinápay. Don't treat your young brother so stingily in the matter of bread.

Miserly, stingy, closefisted, niggardly, mean, parsimonious. (see híras, maímot, maínot).