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maámbas

Hiligaynon

Expensive, requiring or needing much expenditure, wasteful. (ámbas). (see mahákug).


ámbas

Hiligaynon

To cost much, be expensive, costly, cause greater outlay as compared with something else. Maámbas ang áni sang sa gálab. Harvesting rice with the small rice-cutter called kayóg is more expensive than harvesting with the sickle. Sa súbung siní nga trabáho maámbas ang sóhol nga inádlaw sang sa pákiaw. For such work daily wages are more costly than a contract for the whole. Nagámbas ang gásto námon tungúd sang ápat ka bátà námon nga dídto sa koléhyo. Our expenses were greater on account of our four children at college. Naambasán silá sang gásto sa karón nga túig, kay naginilísílis lang silá sang minasakít. They had larger outlay this year, for they fell sick one after another. Iníng kláse sang paglútò maámbas. This kind of cooking is expensive. (see hákug).


gastóso

Hiligaynon

(Sp. gastoso) Lavish, prodigal, thriftless, improvident, extravagant, wasteful; expensive, costly, (see máhal, buhahâ, buhâ, maámbas, kostóso).


hakugán

Hiligaynon

Avaricious, greedy, covetous, voracious, ravenous, gluttonous; a glutton, gourmand, gormandizer; expensive, costly. (see hákug, maámbas).


kostóso

Hiligaynon

(Sp. costoso) Costly, dear, expensive. (see maámbas, gastóso, mahál).



magásto

Hiligaynon

Expensive, dear, costly, extravagant, wasteful. (see gasto, kostóso, maámbas, mahákug, mahinguyángon).


mahákug

Hiligaynon

Expensive, wasteful, needing much, greedy, avid, avaricious, ambitious, causing great outlay. (see hákug, maámbas, kostóso).


sakón

Hiligaynon

A kind of large fish; greedy, voracious, gluttonous. Iníng bátà daw sakón. This boy is very greedy, eats very much. (see dalók, maámbas, mahákug).