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(B) To boil or to cook in water (meat, vegetables, peas and beans, tea, etc.). Lagáa ang kárne, balátong, mónggo, etc. Boil the meat, the beans, the monggo, etc. in water. Lagái akó sing isá ka búgsò nga kárne. Boil a piece of meat for me. Ilágà akó ánay siníng kadiós. Please to boil these black peas for me. Ilágà iníng túbig sa tsa. Boil the tea in this water. (see laúya, lapó, tanók, bukál, lútò, ráhà).
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(H) See lágà id. Maglâgâ ka sing tsa. Make some tea. Làgaí akó sing tsa. Make some tea for me.
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Dark yellow, brown, especially of hair, auburn; to become brown or dark yellow. Naglagâ ang íya nga bohók. Her hair turned brown. Lagâ ang íya nga búngot. His beard is dark yellow. Nalagaán akó sang íya nga bigóte. It seems to me that his mustache is brown.
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Dim. of lagâ-brown, auburn.
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Dim. and Freq. of lágà-to boil. etc.
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Things to be boiled or that should be boiled, especially said of peas and beans. May lagaón ikáw nga ginabalígyà? Have you any peas or beans for sale? (see lágà, talangkúnon).
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To cook, boil (leaves, stalks of various edible plants, or the like, such as dágmay, balúnggay, green peas and beans in the pod, etc.). Lapohí ang dágmay. Boil the dágmay-leaves (and stalk). Lapohí akó sing latóy. Cook some soft green peas (beans) in the pod for me. (see lágà-to boil mature or ripe peas and beans, meat, make tea, etc.; tanók-to boil tubers, bananas, corn, etc.; tóla, útan, tíg-ang, laúya, ánok).
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Boiled meat; to boil meat. Lauyáha ang kárne. Boil the meat. Makaúyon ikáw sing laúya or linaúya? Do you like boiled meat? Lauyáhi akó sing unúd sang báka. Boil some beef for me. (see lágà).
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The cooking or boiling of tubers, bananas, or the like; to boil tubers, etc. Ságing, maís, úbi, etc. nga tinanók. Boiled bananas, corn, úbi, etc. Tánki (tángki, tanokí) akó sing kamóti. Boil me some sweet potatoes. Tánka (Tángka) ang úbi, buhayán, etc. Boil the úbi, buhayán, etc. Iníng sárì nga ságing manámit gid kon tánkon, apáng malás-ay kon kán-on nga hiláw. This variety of bananas is very nice (tasty) when boiled, but insipid when eaten raw. (see talangkúnon, lâgâ, lapó, laúya, tíg-ang, bakól, bukál, pabukál).
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To cook vegetables, boil legumes, prepare vegetable dishes, boil peas and beans in the pod. Toláha (toláa) ang dágmay, balúnggay, talóng, etc. Cook the dágmay, balúnggay, eggplant, etc. Tinoláhan kamí níya sing lángkà kag kadyós. She prepared for us (as a side-dish) some jack-fruit and kadyós-peas. Ipatóla sa kay Pédro ang mga patánì kag alugbáti. See to it that Peter boils the patánì-beans and the alugbáti-shoots. Náno ang áton toláhon (utánon, laswahón)? What kind of vegetable dishes shall we prepare? N.B. Toláon, toláan, etc. is often used in (B), toláhon, toláhan, etc. in (H). For boiling shelled (dry) peas and beans "lâgâ, (H), lágà, (B)" is frequently employed. (see túla, tulánhan, tinúla, útan, láswa).
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To be or become unsavoury, tasteless, insipid, flat, said of overdone tubers, meat, fish, etc. Ang kárne nagyunâ, hay natám-an kang lágà. (Ang kárne nagyutâ kay natám-an sang lâgâ). The meat is tasteless, because it has been boiled too long.
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To wait for another to follow or come up with on the road; to wait dinner or the like. Ang madásig maglakát magalagád sa mahínay! The fast walker should wait for the slow one! Húy, alagadá (-ará) akó ánay. Hey! Wait for me. (see hulát, agád-ágad, angán, angán-angán).
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To serve. Magalágad ka sa íya baláy. Serve in his house. Alagári siá. Serve him. Become his servant or employee. (see ágad).
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Servant; employee. Kitá nga tanán mga alágad sang Dios. We are all servants of God. Ang mga alágad or alagád sang pangolohán. The employees of the government, government employees.
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(H) Place where, or person for whom, one works; work, job, employment. (see palamúgnan).
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