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Shell, tortoise shell; made of tortoise shell (or an imitation of it); comb (of tortoise shell). Ang íya husáy kála. Her comb is made of tortoise shell.
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A croak, the hoarse, harsh cry of a frog; to croak (as a frog). Ang mga pakâ (pánkà) nagakálà. Frogs croak. N.B. The Dim. and Freq. kalâkalâ is more in use.
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Dim. of kálà-croaking; to croak.
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(B) See kála. Also: A kind of hard stone variously coloured.
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A door-post, an upright post, especially one in a partition wall; studding. Also used as a verb. Bakalaní ang díngding sing limá ka bakalán. Put five uprights into the partition. (see pagtúod).
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(Sp. bacalao, bacallao) Codfish.
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Rough of speech, rough-spoken, coarse of manners; to be or become rough, coarse.
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(H) To rise-, stand up-, suddenly, unceremoniously. Anó ang ginabungkálas mo? Why are you rising so suddenly? Nagbungkálas siá (binungkálas siá) sang pagkakítà níya sang mán-og. He rose quickly on seeing the snake. Indì mo pagbungkalásan kag pagbayáan ang mga bisíta. Don't rise so unceremoniously and leave your visitors alone. (see bángon, búngkras).
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A kind of tree.
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Chatterbox, chatterer. (see buraán, wakalán, hadakán, palahámbal).
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(H) A field planted one year which without additional planting yields its produce the following year also, (especially applied to sugar-cane fields). (see dáan).
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(H) Cloth to be worked up, or fit to be worked up, into farmers' shirts called "kába".
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The greater part or number, majority. (labán; see kadám-an).
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(Sp. garbanzo) A kind of chick-peas.