Hiligaynon Dictionary
Hiligaynon
One kept for work or service, as a menial servant, a concubine, one adopted into the family, etc. (see hupút).
Dim. of bátà. Also: servant-boy, serving-boy, servant-girl, serving-girl, maid. (see sologoón, hinúptan).
A menial servant contracted for by the year at low wages, often only a few bushels of rice. (see hinúptan, sologoón, batâbátà, alagád, mamumugón).