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(Sp. lavandera) Washer-woman, laundress. (see mamumunák).

To cleave, split, rend, tear, sunder, break asunder (cloth, etc.); open a way through a crowd, make a passage. Naghígin ang ákon dáan nga báyò, kay ginpapák sing lakás sang labandéra. My old jacket was torn, because the washerwoman beat it too hard. Higína ang mga táo sa dálan, kay maági ang trak. Part the people on the road for the truck will pass. Naghígin ang mga táo sa dálan sang paglubás sang prosisyón. The people on the road cleared the way when the procession passed. (see háwà).

A crack, chap, fissure in the skin (due to exposure to water in planting rice, washing clothes, etc.); to form cracks or fissures. Naglán-ag ang batíis ko sa panálug sing haroán. I got my calf covered with fissures on account of groping for haroán-fish in the water. Nalan-agán ang tiíl níya sang tánum. The skin of his foot cracked from planting rice. Ang labandéra may lán-ag sa kamót. The washerwoman has chapped hands-or-has chaps on her hands. (see litík, balanâ, etc.).

One who washes clothes; washerwoman, laundress, washerman, laundry-man. (see búnak, labandéra).

To strengthen, stiffen, make-strong,-stiff, confirm, reinforce, brace, fortify, invigorate, refreshen, to raise (one's voice, etc.). Pabaskugá ang ímo kabubút-on. Strengthen your will. Ipabáskug sa labandéra ang ímo delárgo. Let the washerwoman starch and iron your trousers. Ginpabáskug níla ang íla láwas, kalág, etc, They refreshed (refreshened) themselves, fortified their souls, etc. Pabaskugá ang ímo tíngug. Raise your voice, speak aloud (louder). (see báskug).