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To wait, await, expect, look-, be ready-, for. Hulatá akó dirâ. Wait for me there. Ihulát akó ánay sing diótay nga tión. Please wait for me a moment. Daliá, kay índì na akó makahulát. Hurry up, for I cannot wait any longer. Anó ang ginahulát mo? What are you waiting for? What do you expect? Ginahulát níya ang ángay nga bálus. He is expecting a fitting reward. Hulát ánay! Wait a little! Wait a bit! (see paabút, angán).
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Freq. of ágad. Also: To wait for, expect. Indì ka magdúgay dirâ, kay agád-agádon ko ikáw sing diótay nga oras lámang. Don't tarry there long, for I will wait for you only a short while. (see angán-angán, hulát).
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To wait for another to follow or come up with on the road; to wait dinner or the like. Ang madásig maglakát magalagád sa mahínay! The fast walker should wait for the slow one! Húy, alagadá (-ará) akó ánay. Hey! Wait for me. (see hulát, agád-ágad, angán, angán-angán).
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First, before something else; Wait a little! Have a little patience. Kindly-. Be good enough to-. Please. Makádto pa akó ánay dídto. First I'll go there. Hulát ánay. Wait a little. Anay! Have a little patience! Wait a little! Bulígi akó ánay. Kindly help me. Anay pa. Forbear still a little. Tabángi akó ánay, kon mga saráng. Be good enough to help me, if possible.
-ánay, A suffix denoting reciprocity. Nagahigugmaánay silá. They love each other. Nagsondánay silá. They followed one another. At times "ánay" is shortened to "-ay". Nakasugataáy silá. They met each other. Nakakitaáy silá. They saw each other.
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(B) To wait for, to expect. Anganá akó sing diótay nga hóras. Wait for me a little while. Iníng kán-on iangán ko sa kay tátay. This cooked rice I am keeping in expectation of father's coming. Nagaalipasá akó sa pagpaúlì, kay ginaangán akó níla sa pagpanyága. I am in a hurry to get home, for they are waiting for me to come to dinner-or-are waiting dinner for me. (see hulát).
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Hope, expectation, trust, confidence; to hope, expect, trust, confide in, be confident. Magláum ka gid nga--. Have confidence that--. Nagláum silá nga makalámbut dídto sa sulúd sang isá ka táknà, ápang duhá gid ka táknà ang íla paglakát. They thought they could arrive there within an hour, but they had to walk two full hours. Ginalaúman (Ginalám-an) ko nga--. I hope, expect that--. Ginlaúman níya ang íya pagdaúg sa dúmug, ápang nabúntul siá. He hoped to win in wrestling, but he was thrown. Ang Pagtóo, Pagláum kag Paghigúgma. Faith, Hope and Charity. Walâ na siá sing lám-on (laúmon). He has nothing to expect any longer. He is without hope, in a quandary, great perplexity, despair. (see sálig, hulát, paabút).
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(H) To confide, trust in, rely upon, put one's trust in, repose-, place-, have-, confidence in. Salígi siá kay matárung siá nga táo. Trust him, for he is an honest man. Isálig mo sa íya ang pagtátap sang ímo baláy. Confide to him the care of your home. Indì mo pagisálig ang ímo kapaláran sa siní nga laláki. Don't entrust (confide) your future (fate) to this man. Don't put your fate (happiness) into the hands of this man. Saráng ka makasálig sa íya sa (nga)--. You can trust him that--. Magsálig (Sumálig) ka nga--. He assured that--. Have confidence that--. Depend-, rely-, upon it that--. (see láum, sárig, hulát, paabút).
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An exclamation to draw another's attention: Hey! Hello! Ahoy! Ahóy, hulatá akó ánay. Hey, kindly wait for me. Ahóy! kamó dirâ! Kumarí kamó dirí kag bulígan nínyo kamí. Hello, you there! Come here and help us! (see hóy).
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(B) Buying on credit,-on account,-on tick; to obtain on credit, to buy on account. Angkatí akó sing duhá ka metros nga kóko. Get me on credit two meters of white cloth. Angkatá lang inâ. Just buy it on credit. Ipaángkat sa ákon iníng bunáng. Let me have this yarn on credit. Angkatí man akó siníng sapátos, kay hulatón ko man ikáw sa pagbáyad túbtub sa lapás ang piésta. Take also these boots from me on credit, for I am willing to wait for your payment till after the feast. Paangkatá lang akó sinâ. Simply give me that on credit. (see the foregoing "ángkat"; the connection between the two is obvious. They are really the same term, whose first meaning is "to get loose seams, etc." and whose secondary meaning is "to get loose merchandise, etc." i.e. "to get or obtain on credit").
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(Sp. hasta) Till, until; even, not even. Hulatá akó ásta sa las díes. Wait for me till ten o'clock. Asta sa katapúsan. Till the end. To a finish. Ginpúkan sang bágyo ang tanán nga mga tanúm ásta ang mga dalágkù nga káhoy. The hurricane levelled all plants with the ground, even large trees. (see túbtub).
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(B) To leave, quit, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, give up, let-, leave-, alone. Daw sa índì siá makabáyà sang maláut níya nga kinaanáran. It seems as if he cannot give up his evil habits. Bayái lang inâ. Leave that alone. Don't meddle with that. Indì mo siá pagbayáan dirâ nga isá lang. Don't leave him there alone or all by himself. Indì mo pagpabáy-an (pagpabayáan) ang ímong mga ginikánan sa íla nga katigulangón. Don't forsake your parents in their old age. A, galî, binayáan níya akó nga walâ siá maghulát sa ákon? Well now, he has left me in the lurch and has not waited for me? (see bíyà).
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(B) Dim. of búhay. A rather long time, during a considerable space of time. Buháybúhay ang paghulát níya túbtub nga nadángat níya inâ nga palangakóan. He had to wait quite a long time before he got that position. Buháybúhay ang íya pagántos sang balatían. He had to suffer from the disease a considerable time. (see dugáydúgay).
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To end, finish, complete, terminate, conclude. Makahingápus ka sang kodál túbtub maghápon? Can you finish the fence by this evening? Hingapúsa ang ímo sulát, diskúrso, etc. Finish your letter, discourse, etc. Hingapúsi na akó sang ákon mga sapátos, kay dúgay na man ang paghulát ko. Please finish the boots for me, because I have been waiting for them a long time. Ihingápus akó ánay sang atóp sang baláy. Please finish first the roof of the house for me. (see tápus, hingágaw).
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An exclamation used to attract attention or express surprise. See! Look! Behold! Ohó, nagabahâ ang subâ. Sure enough, the river has risen. Ohó, nahúlug ang bátà sa bintánà. Good Heavens, the child has fallen out of the window. Ohó, tan-awá. Look here! Ohó, ikáw dirâ, hulatá akó ánay. Now then, you there, wait a little for me.
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An exclamation used to attract attention or express surprise. See! Look! Behold! Ohó, nagabahâ ang subâ. Sure enough, the river has risen. Ohó, nahúlug ang bátà sa bintánà. Good Heavens, the child has fallen out of the window. Ohó, tan-awá. Look here! Ohó, ikáw dirâ, hulatá akó ánay. Now then, you there, wait a little for me.
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A prefix used to form:
a.) The passive future tense, e.g. Pagabuháton ko iní. I will (shall) do this. I am going to do it. Pagahulatón ko gid siá. I will certainly wait for him. Pagasulatán ko siá sa buás. Tomorrow I am going to write him. Pagaitúnghol ko sa íya iníng sulát sa madalî nga saráng mahímò. I'll hand him this letter as soon as possible.
b.) The negative present tense of the passive voice, e.g. Ngáa man nga walâ nínyo pagasilhigí ang balatonán? Why are you not sweeping the reception room? Walâ níla pagasókla ang dútà. They are not measuring (surveying) the land. Walâ ko pagaibalígyà ang bág-o nga pinatubás ko nga kalámay. I am not selling my new sugar crop. (see maga-the corresponding counterpart for the active voice).
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Dim. of tión. Naghulát akó sa íya dídto kag sang natióntión nagabút siá. I waited for him there and after a short while he arrived. Sang pagabút námon matióntión gid lang kag mabutangán kamí sing panyága. Soon after we arrived dinner was served to us.