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liáb

Hiligaynon

The collar, grasp or take by the collar. Liabá siá. Collar him. Ginliáb níya akó. He grasped me by the collar. (see líab).


líab, lí-ab

Hiligaynon

A shirt-collar, the hole or opening for the neck in a garment; to make a shirt-collar. Nagalíab siá sang ákon báyò or ginaliában níya ang ákon báyò. She is making a collar for my jacket. Ilíab iníng gúnting. Use this pair of scissors to cut out the collar. Liábi ang íya nga báyò sing halúg. Make a loose collar for her dress. (see kolyár).


lúab

Hiligaynon

The collar (of garments); hole, rent, fissure; wide, open, uncovered. Panápton nga lúab sa íluk. A dress that is open near the armpit. (see líab, líong, gíhab, gúhab).


luáb

Hiligaynon

To collar, grasp by the collar. Luabá siá. Collar him. (see liáb, lióg).


siláb

Hiligaynon

Scorched, singed, roasted. (see liáb).



hiliábut

Hiligaynon

(H) To reach, catch up with. See hiábut.


liábe

Hiligaynon

(Sp. llave) Key; to close or lock with a key. Liabehí ang baúl. Lock the box. (see alábri, será).


liabéro

Hiligaynon

(Sp. llavero) A key-guard,-ring; keeper of the keys, porter; door-keeper.


abáyan

Hiligaynon

Liable to fall under a spell by which a benefit is changed into its opposite evil. Indì mo pagsingganán ang bátà nga matámbok siá, kay básì abáyan. Don't tell the child that it is fat, because it might fall under an evil spell (and become lean or sick). N. B. This is a superstition. It is likely that after "abáyan" "sang áswang" is understood.


ágdan, ágdang

Hiligaynon

Useful, serviceable, of use, worth something, capable, reliable. (see águd, pulús, yáwat, yádì).


alabúton

Hiligaynon

One subject to periodical fits, especially said of idiots, maniacs, lunatics with lucid intervals of some duration, but liable at any moment to fall back into their former mental derangement. (ábut, abút).


alandáman

Hiligaynon

(H) Delicate, precious, to be handled with care or caution. Ang tanán nga mga butáng nga mahapús mabúong ukón dolóktan sang bulíng alandáman. All things easily breakable or liable to be soiled should be treated with care. (see ándam, alamlígan, talatapón).


aláng-álang

Hiligaynon

Neither "fish, flesh nor fowl"; untimely, inconvenient, immature, not quite qualified or capable; to lack maturity, timeliness, qualities or conditions required. Ang mga páhò aláng-álang pa. The mangoes are not quite ripe yet. Aláng-álang pa ang tiémpo. The time is not convenient yet, the weather is still unreliable,-not quite suitable. Iníng batà aláng-álang pa sa pagbúthò. This child is too young to go to school. Also used as a verb. Dílì mo pagaláng-alángon ang pagabút mo dirí. Don't arrive here too late. Ginaláng-alángan akó sa pagdúaw sa ínyo, kay--. I was prevented from paying you a visit, because--. Kalití ang pagpaúlì, agúd dílì ka maaláng-alángan sang ulán. Make use of the first opportunity to go home, lest you should be detained by the rain.


alátay

Hiligaynon

A disease manifesting itself by trembling and great dizzines; chickens are particularly liable to, and often die of, this disease. May alátay or ginaalátay ang manók. The chicken has been,-is attacked by alátay. Also: a swelling and inflammation of the eyelids. (see arátay id.).


bakákon

Hiligaynon

A Liar, fibber, story-teller; lying, telling stories or untruths, untruthful, unreliable. Bakákon siá nga táo. He is a liar. (see bákak, butigón).


balágon

Hiligaynon

A long, pliable, tough-root,-stem,-tendon of a creeper or other plants, used as a rope.


baláydan

Hiligaynon

(H) Debt, liability, account, score, what one owes or what is to be paid for. (báyad, baláyran).


bígtas

Hiligaynon

To break, snap, sever, part, fall asunder, put asunder. Indì gid siá magpaubág, bisán mabígtas (bigtasón) ang mahírup níla nga paghiliábyanay. He will not yield, even though their friendly relations should be broken off. (see búgtò, útud, bíngkas).


buláw

Hiligaynon

To throw or cast an evil spell over, to make sick by an evil spell, said by the superstitious to exist in various secret places and mountain recesses. Kon magkádto ka sa mariít nga lugar hípus ka lang, kay, kon dílì, bulawón ka kon mabululáwon (bululáwon) ka. If you go to a haunted place, keep quiet, lest a spell of sickness be cast upon you, if you are liable to be influenced by spells. Binuláw siá, konó, kay nagsínggit sa tálon. He became sick through a spell, they say, because he shouted in the jungle.


bululáwon

Hiligaynon

(H) Liable to fall under a spell of sickness, amenable to spells. (see buláw, mabululáwon).


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