Search result(s) - kínì

To economize, stint, be niggardly, live very frugally. Indì ka magkínì sing lakás sang ímo pagkáon, kay magalúya ang ímo láwas. Don't live too frugally, for you will become weak. (see kínot, kínit).

Dim. and Freq. of kínì.

See kínì, kínot.

To economize, etc. See kínì.

Parsimonious, frugal, thrifty, sparing, saving, economic, economical, economous, spending little. (see kínì).

The waste or useless remnants of stripped fibre, as of hemp, maguey, etc. (see kigí).

The water in which hulled rice has been washed. (kilís; see balinónas).

(Sp. quinina) Quinine. (see bitâ).

Savings, something saved or hoarded (through economy, frugality, etc. see kínot).

To sparkle, twinkle. (kipátkípat; see igpátígpat).

Life; breath of life; stomach. (cf: tirúsdak, tinúsdak, hinurángus, gináhab, ginháwa, solóksolók, kabúhì).

Dim. and Freq. of kínit. Kinítkiníti sing mantékà ang manók. Use only little lard for the chicken. (see kinîkínì, kinótkínot).

Earnings; junction, juncture, seam, joint, joining, meeting together. Ang kinitáan sang mga mamumugón mapúslan sang búg-os nga bánwa. The earnings of the working population are of advantage to the whole commonwealth. Ang kinitáan sang tápì. The board-seam. (kítà; see kilitáan).

To play the "kiyánò-game".

(Sp. maquinista) Machinist, mechanician, mechanic. (see inhenyéro).

A plant with very rough leaves that are often used as an abrasive, especially for rubbing and cleaning the skin of a slaughtered pig, etc.

To follow closely without going beyond, be barely sufficient; just enough without anything to spare, living from hand to mouth. Ginaabátabát gid lang ang ámon pagkáon. We just manage to live from hand to mouth. The food we can procure is hardly enough to keep us alive. Ang ámon kinitáan abátabát gid lang sa ámon pangabúhì. Our earnings are barely enough for our living.

An open seam, a joint, a chink or crack; to get loose, to loosen, to prise apart, to form chinks or cracks, to lose connection with, said of seams, junctures, joints and the like. Nagángkat ang kinitáan sang lamésa. The joints between the boards of the table opened. Ginpaángkat sang pánday ang tápì sa (íya) kinitáan. The carpenter forced the board loose at its joint.

(B) Water in which rice has been washed before being boiled. (see kinilís, binalónas).

A kind of plant similar to the takinís; also: a species of wild fig.