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Fight, scuffle, scrimmage; any limb, as an arm, leg, tentacle, etc., used in a fight. (see kámas).
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To fight using hands and feet as in wrestling or as horses when fighting, to rear up, clamber, climb a steep mountain-side using hands and feet. Ang mga kabáyo nagakamasáy. The horses are fighting each other. Kamása siá. Fight him tooth and nail, (with hands and feet). Figuratively: Maáyo ang íya kamás (kámas) sang kadiós nga ginútan ko. He is greedily eating the kadiós-peas I prepared as a vegetable dish.
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To scuffle, scramble, fight, to compete eagerly for the possession of something. Nagakaramútot silá sa pagágaw sang mga bukáka-or-ginakaramutótan níla ang pagágaw sang mga bukáka. They are scrambling for the ripe camunsel-fruit. Indì kamó magkaramútot. Don't scuffle (scramble, fight). (see ális, árnis, áway, kámas).
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To waste, squander, throw away. Dì mo pagkamasáan ang kwárta, kán-on, kinitáan, etc. Do not waste money, rice, earnings, etc.
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Trustworthiness, faithfulness, strength of character, reliability. (see sálig).
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(B) The last child in a family, the baby of a family; youngest brother or sister. (see kalibáynan, libáyon).
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See tikamás, singkamás-a vine with edible roots.
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To know, understand. Indì siá makamásngà magbása kag magsulát. He does not know how to read and write. Walâ siá sing namasngaán nahanungúd sináng mga butáng. He hasn't an inkling of those matters. (see hibaló, balintúnod, marásmas, etc.).