Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
To petition, ask pardon or forgiveness, beg mercy, supplicate, request help, sympathy or assistance. Nagpakilóoy siá sa ákon nga tabángan ko siá. He asked me to help him. Magpakilóoy (makilóoy) ka sa íya. Beg his mercy. Ask for his help. (see lóoy, kalóoy, makalolóoy).
Hiligaynon
Cruel, merciless, heartless, unmoved by pity, rough, relentless, unrelenting. Táo nga patáykalóoy. A ruffian. A brutal, cruel fellow. A man bereft of all feelings of humanity.
Hiligaynon
An exclamation denoting a wish or longing. Would to God! Oh, that it were so! Kabáy pa, nga kaloóyan kitá sang Mahál nga Diós! May God have mercy on us! Básì pa lang nga maumpawán ang masakít; kabáy pa! Perhaps the sick person may yet recover; may it be so! Kabáy pa! Amen! Pangabáy-to wish, desire. N.B. "kabáy" at times also has the meaning of "perhaps, perchance, may be" e.g. Indì kabáy siá magabút? Perhaps he will not come?
Hiligaynon
Mercy, compassion, consideration, sympathy, lenity, clemency, commiseration, lenience; to have mercy, be merciful, to pity, have-, show-, take-, pity on, commiserate, compassionate-, condole-, with, be sympathetic to. Nagkalóoy (nalóoy) siá sa ákon. He had mercy on me, took pity on me. Maló-oy ka sa íya. Be merciful to-, sympathize with-, him. Ginkalo-óyan níya siá. He condoled with him.