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kíni

Hiligaynon

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).

kinî-kínì

Hiligaynon

Dim. and Freq. of kínì.

kínit

Hiligaynon

See kínì, kínot.

kínot

Hiligaynon

To economize, etc. See kínì.

makínì

Hiligaynon

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

kinigihán

Hiligaynon

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

kinilís

Hiligaynon

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

kinína

Hiligaynon

(Sp. quinina) Quinine. (see bitâ).

kininótan

Hiligaynon

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

kinipát-kípat

Hiligaynon

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

kinísdak

Hiligaynon

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

kinít-kínit

Hiligaynon

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

kinitáan

Hiligaynon

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).

kiniyánò

Hiligaynon

To play the "kiyánò-game".

makinísta

Hiligaynon

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

takinís

Hiligaynon

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.

abát-abát

Hiligaynon

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.

ángkat

Hiligaynon

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.

balinónas

Hiligaynon

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

birî

Hiligaynon

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

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