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A boiler, large pan or cauldron of metal, as used in sugar-milling. (see kináwà).

(Sp. azucar) Sugar; to make sugar including all the operations in the final stage of the process of sugar-milling, transferring the pulút (the sugar-cane-juice that has become thick and sticky through evaporation) from the cauldron to a flat-bottomed trough and stirring it there with special shovels, till ready for drying and packing. Asukára na lang ang pulút. Turn the pulút into sugar. Asukári akó sing isá ka káwà nga pulút sa madalì, kay may kinahánglan akó sinâ. Turn me a cauldronful of pulút into sugar at once, for I need it. Iasúkar akó ánay siníng pulút. Please turn this pulút into sugar for me. (see arníbal, kalámay).

A large pan, kettle, bowl, used for boiling purposes, but not quite as capacious as a káwà.

A kettleful; by the kettle or cauldron. (see káwà).

To stir, move about, mix. Kon magság-a ka sang áwang labugáya ánay ang túbig. When you clean out the well, stir the water first. Labugáyi ang káwà sang siménto. Mix the cement in the cauldron. Labugáyon mo ang ápog sing máayo, agúd matúnaw sing saláma. Stir the lime well to dissolve it evenly. (see labutáw).

Thick, condensed, clotted, coagulated, inspissated, semi-liquid; to thicken, condense, inspissate. Naglapúyot na ang sabáw. The sauce has thickened. Dugángi ang almidón túbtub nga maglapúyot. Add more starch till it becomes thick. Gátas nga malapúyot. Condensed milk. Nalapuyótan akó siníng tsokoláte. This cocoa is too thick for me. Palapuyóti akó sing sópas, sabáw, etc. Make some thick soup, sauce, etc. for me. Ginapalapúyot níla ang lasáw sa káwà. They are inspissating the sugar-cane juice in the cauldron. Nagalapúyot na ang íla pagilináway. Their fighting is getting thick i.e. they are now fighting in real earnest, tooth and nail. They are getting to grips. (see lángiaw-thin, watery).

A field, campus, public square or garden surrounded by houses. (káwà-a large pan or cauldron).

Loins, haunch.

Also: Hip, hipbone, femur, thighbone, thigh, hip-joint; buttock, rump.

A kind of tree.

Radiogram, message transmitted by radio. (A modern term; see hatúd, káwat).

Eighth. (see waló-eight).

Eighth. (see waló-eight).

Clumps of bamboos; bamboo in general. (see kawáyan, kawayánan).

A link; to link, connect as by a link, to unite or join. (see káw-id).

Lack, need, want, loss, privation; things that are lacking or whose want is felt, destitution, deprivation. (see walâ, kawád-on, kinawalâ, kinawád-on).

Deprivation, bereavement, lack, want, loss, poverty, destitution. (see kawád-an, etc.).

To hang down, depend from, be suspended from, stick out, dangle. Nagakáwal ang pányo mo sa bólsa. Your handkerchief is hanging out of your pocket. Pakawála ang koréa sa kílid mo, dílì sa atubángan. Let your girdle hang down at the side, not in front. (see kábit, káway, gáway).

Left handedness, awkardness, clumsiness. (see walís).

Eighty, four score. (walô).