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(Sp. legua) A league, a distance of about five kilometers.

(B) Wide, roomy, spacious, extensive; to be or become wide, etc. (see lápad, hanáhay, aliwána, sángkad).

(Sp. legua) A mile off, a mile distant, a mile far, rather far in general; wide, spacious, extensive, broad. (see lígwa).

A kind of small bee or honey-making fly. (see líbug, putyókan).

To squeeze in, insert, put in between (a word, or the like); to overturn, overthrow, upset. (see salígbat, túgda, balískad, sulî, balíkwat, kamíndag,

Dim. and Freq. of lígwat. Also: to turn over leaves, or the like. Ginaligwátlígwat mo lang ang tulún-an nga walâ mo pagabasáha. You are merely turning over the leaves of the book without reading it. (see hítad, hitádhítad).

The hip-joint, the top of the femur or thigh-bone; the waist line. (see balikawáng).

(B) To twist or turn aside, deflect the aim, hinder a straight hit. Warâ mamúng-i ang mán-og, hay nagsaligwatóng sa kawáyan ang bastón ko. (Walâ matám-i (maígò) ang mán-og, kay nagalángálang (nakasángit) sa kawáyan ang ákon bastón). I did not hit the snake fair, because my stick was deflected by the bamboo. (see salipád, saligotóng).

To overturn, overthrow; to toss, pitch. (see lígwat, balíkwà).

To upset, overturn. (see líkbà, líkwà, lígwat).

Dim. and Freq. of líkwat. (see ligwátlígwat).

To twist or turn aside, etc. See saligwatóng.

To be turned out of a straight line, to fly off in an oblique direction, to deviate from a straight line, to hit or strike at a tangent, to hit a glancing blow; glancing, grazing, at a tangent, not direct, not straight. Nagsalipád ang binángon kag naígò ang ákon tiíl. The bolo glanced off (deflected from a straight line) and hit my foot. (see bariwás, saligwatóng, saligotóng).