kábo

Hiligaynon

(Sp. cabo) Chief, head, boss, overseer; chief of police.

kabó-kábo

Hiligaynon

Dim. of kábo. A petty chief.

(B) (Sp. mandato) Order, command, mandate, injunction, regulation, precept; leader; ringleader, originator, one who starts or is chiefly responsible for an act. Ikáw gid ang mandátos sinâ. It was you who started that. You are the one who is responsible for that. (see sógò, kasogoán, pangúlo, manugpahítò, kábo, manugdumála).

kabóhot

Hiligaynon

(B) Great (close) heat, sultriness, stuffiness. (bóhot).

kabón

Hiligaynon

(B) Tribe, troop, drove, bunch, crowd, band. (see búnghay).

kaboráta

Hiligaynon

A kind of cestus, iron ring or slung shot. (see pitsokwérno).

kalabkábon

Hiligaynon

Eggs to be hatched. (see kalabkában).

bórnos

Hiligaynon

(Perhaps from the Sp. burro) Foolish, silly, stupid, but mostly used in joke, not in contempt. Abáw, táo nga bórnos ikáw! or Abáw, kabórnos sa ímo! What a silly (donkey, goose) you are!

kábkab

Hiligaynon

To eat away piece by piece, to undermine, wash away, take off, especially said of water. Ginkábkab sang subâ ang ámon dútà. The river washed away our land. May katalágman nga kabkabón sang subâ iníng umá kon magabút ang bahâ. There is danger of this field being undermined and carried off by the river, when the flood comes. (see áb-ab).

kagín-ot

Hiligaynon

Sultriness, stuffiness, close heat. (see gín-ot, kabóhot).

karigáhot

Hiligaynon

(B) Sultriness, stuffiness, mugginess, closeness (of heat or weather). (see kagín-ot, kabóhot).

kinabón

Hiligaynon

Tribe, bunch, crowd, troop, company, flock, herd; by tribes, etc. (see kabón).

kompanía

Hiligaynon

(Sp. compañia) Company, society, concern, firm; troop, body of soldiers or the like. (see kumbuyahán, hubón, kabón).

luták

Hiligaynon

Slung shot. See kaboráta.

pamápà, pamâpâ

Hiligaynon

Freq. of pápà. To hammer, strike or beat as with a hammer. Pamapáa ang maís túbtub nga magkabókbok sing maáyo. Beat the corn till it is quite reduced to powder.

panóng

Hiligaynon

Crowd, mass, throng, group, herd, troop, drove, flock, shoal, swarm, covey, pack, horde, bevy, knot, many, multitude. (see madámù, sosón, kabón, búnghay, rakô).

pitsokwérno

Hiligaynon

(Perhaps from the Sp. pecho, cuerno) A toothed metal plate with holes for the fingers, worn on the hand and used for fighting. A well aimed blow from a hand armed with a "pitsokwérno" may kill a man. A sort of iron cestus. (see kaboráta-a slung shot).

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