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(Sp. calabaza) Squash, pumpkin, gourd; failure, mess, fiasco; to make a mess of, meet with failure, commit a great blunder. Nakalabása (Nagkalabása) ang íla tábad. Their banquet was a failure. Ginkalabása lang akó níya. He left me in the lurch, tricked or cheated me, made a fool of me, caused my plans or intentions to miscarry.

To be or do together or at the same time, be coeval or concomitant, do simultaneously or in concert, perform in unison, to synchronize. Nagadungán silá sa pagbúthò. They are going to school together. Gindungán silá sang trankáso. They had influenza at the same time. Dunganá nínyo ang kalabása kag lángkà sa paglúnud sa kólon. Put the squash and jackfruit into the kettle together. Dunganán ta ang bató sa paghákwat. Let us lift the stone all together. Dunganón ta ang paghákwat sang bató. Let us raise the stone in unison, like one man. Dunganón nínyo ang pagbángon sa buás sa pagarádo. Rise together to-morrow morning for the ploughing. (see dungán, kadúngan).

Insipid, tasteless, savourless, mawkish, watery, wishy-washy (applied especially to fruits and vegetables). Iníng kalabása ganás or maganás. This squash is insipid. (see marabó-tasty).

To cling to, encircle, twine round, twist around, depend upon. Ang bátà nagakabúd sa íya nga ilóy. The child clings to its mother. Ang mán-og nagakabúd sa káhoy. The snake is coiled (is coiling itself) around the tree. Pakábdi (pakaburí) ang atóp sing kalabása. Let some squash-plants cover the roof. Ang kodál nakaburán sing madámù nga balágon. The fence is entwined with many creepers. Ang atubángan sang íla baláy ginpakábdan (ginpakaburán) níla sing kadénadeamór. The front of their house (Their porch) they had covered with cadena de amor-vines. (see kápkap, pangalápkap, sabúd, kámbad, kámbid, kámbod, sálbid).

See kalabása. Ang kalbása kon malabó maáyo nga utánon. The squash, if just right (i.e. neither too hard nor too soft), is a nice vegetable.

To take or cut off a little. Kiási akó sing kalabása, lángkà, tosíno, etc. Cut off for me a piece of squash, jackfruit, bacon, etc. (see kíyas id.).

To cut into slices, to slice, carve. Kihára (-áda) ang kapáyas, kalabása, lángkà, tinápay, etc. Slice the papaw, squash, jack-fruit, bread, etc. Mansánas nga kiníhad. Sliced apples. (see ád-ad, kídkid, gulút, láplap).

See kalabása.

A kind of large gourd or squash. (see tabágwang, tibiáyong, kalubáy, kalabása).

A kind of large gourd or squash. (see tabágwang, tibiáyong, kalubáy, kalabása).

To graze, slice off the surface, shave off, make a superficial wound with a cutting instrument or the like. Ginsápla níya ang kalabása sang kótsilyo. He pared off the rind of the squash with the knife. Nasápla sang binángon ang ákon bútkon. My arm received a surface wound from the bolo. Saplahá sang sadól ang mga matáas kag tampokán ang mga libaóng, agúd magsaláma ang dútà. Hoe (dig) something off the hillocks and fill in the hollows of the ground, that the land may become level. (see hapáw, báklis, gádras).

To cull, gather, choose, select, to separate the large ones of a kind, to pick out the ripe ones, etc. Sarága ang mga páhò. Separate the large mangoes from the small ones. Ginsárag níya ang mga kalabása nga dalágkù. He gathered the larger squashes. Sarági iníng hardín sing mga balátong. Pick the best beans from the garden. (see árag, ág-ag).