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To eat away piece by piece, to undermine, wash away, take off, especially said of water. Ginkábkab sang subâ ang ámon dútà. The river washed away our land. May katalágman nga kabkabón sang subâ iníng umá kon magabút ang bahâ. There is danger of this field being undermined and carried off by the river, when the flood comes. (see áb-ab).

To eat or bite off a piece: to undermine and carry off, wash away (of water). Ab-abá lang ang tinápay kag ang mabilin nga inab-abán ihátag mo sa ímo mánghud. Just bite off a piece of bread, and give the remainder to your younger brother (sister). May katalágman nga ab-abón sang subâ ang pángpang. There is danger that the river will undermine and carry off its banks. Indì mo pag-ipaáb-ab[*] ang kárne sa idô. Do not let the dog snap at the meat. (see áp-ap, kábkab, kádkad, ríbrib).

To erode, undermine, take off piece after piece, eat away (of water); to dredge, excavate. Ginkádkad (kinádkad) sang subâ ang pángpang. The river undermined and carried off its bank. Kinadkarán ang bató sang túbig. The stone was undermined by the water. (see áb-ab, kábkab).

Anything liable or exposed to being undermined or having its foundations sapped by the action of water; hen-nest. (see kábkab).

To hollow out, undermine, wash away, said especially of water. Ginkubkubán ang bató sang túbig. The stone was undermined by the water. Ginkúbkub sang túbig ang balás. The water washed away the sand. (see áb-ab, kábkab, kádkad).

To wash away, undermine, eat away, etc. See áb-ab, kábkab id.

To undermine and eat away, to erode. Ginríbrib sang subâ ang ámon umá. The river undermined and carried off our field. (see áb-ab, kábkab).

To hollow out, undermine. (see áb-ab, kábkab).

To hollow out, undermine, eat away. Nasoókan (Ginsóok sang túbì) ang pángpang sa ubús sang baláy ni Fuláno. The bank near N.N.'s house is undermined. (see síok, áb-ab, kábkab).