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To be, become or make thin, to thin, reduce, attenuate. Nipisón mo ang tápì. Make the board thin. Nanipisán akó siníng hénero. This cloth is too thin (flimsy) for me. Utdon mo ang tápì sa nanipisán. Cut the plank, where it is thin. Nagnipís siá, kay nagmasakít. He became thin, for he was sick.

To be or make lean, thin, slender, skinny, gaunt, lank. Naghágpis ang láwas níya. He has grown slender. Pahagpisá siá sa pangabúdlay, kay lakás katámbok sa íya. Make him thin by work, for he is too fat. (see hágwos, nipís, níwang).

Lean, thin, gaunt, slender, spare, emaciated. (see lapíl-lápil, níwang, nipís).

Thinness of a sheet, board, paper or the like. (nipís; see kadámol-thickness).

Lean, thin, gaunt, lank, slender, spare, emaciated; to be or become thin, etc. Lapíllápil siá nga táo. He is a thin man. He is lean and lank. Naglapíllápil siá sa lakás nga pangabúdlay. He has become thin through overwork. (see hágpis, níwang, nipís, hapíl-hápil).

Thin, fine, light, flimsy (of paper, cloth, boards, etc.). (see nipís, madámol, madákmol-thick).

To be or become thin, lean, emaciated, meagre, gaunt, lank, lanky, skinny, scrawny, scraggy, light, bony. Nagníwang siá dídto sa lakás nga pagpangabúdlay. He got lean there on account of too much work. Maganíwang ikáw, kon índì ka magkáon sing maáyo. You will get thin, unless you eat well. (see hágpis, nipís, kanít).

Caus. of nipís. To make thin, etc. Panipisá ang tápì. Thin the board. Make the board thinner (thin). Utda ang tápì sa nanipisán kag panipisá pa gid. Cut the board where it is thinnest and make it much thinner yet.

See kanipís.

To prop, support, put in, or under, something a prop or wedge of wood, stone, etc. in order to heighten, tighten or steady things. Bangíli ang tiíl (kahíg) sang lamésa, agád magtádlong. Prop up the foot of the table, that it may stand straight. Ibángil ko iníng káhoy sa lamésa. I'll prop up the table with this piece of wood, (in order to steady it, raise it on one side). Dílì mo pagbangílan ang aparadór sing isá ka bangíl nga madámol, ang isá ka manipís túman na. Don't put a thick wedge under the cupboard; a thin one is quite sufficient. (see písak, piíl-wedge).

Thickness; to thicken, become thick, said of flat substances like boards, sheets, clothes, etc. Dakmolá ang paghímò sing bibínka. Make the bibinca-cakes thick. Indì mo pagdakmolón ang pagtápa sang kárne, kóndì nipisón mo lang. Don't cut thick slices of meat, but carve thin ones. Utdon mo ang tápì sa nadakmolán. Cut the board at its thick part. (see dámol).

(Sp. delgado) Thin, lean, lank, slender, gaunt, emaciated, fine, light. Dilgádo nga táo. A lean person. Dilgádo nga súklà. Fine, thin silk. (see maníwang, kalamanít, kanít, magamáy, magágmay, píno, manipís).

To shake, sway, bend or flap to and fro, said of thin, broad objects. Ang manipís nga tápì nagalupîlúpì sa hángin. The thin board is flapping in the wind. Ginalupîlúpì sang hángin ang mga dáhon sang ságing, lubí, etc. The wind is swaying the banana-, coconut-leaves, etc.

Board, plank; wood; to make boards of; to board, cover with boards. Baláy nga tápì. A house built of wood (not of bamboo). Tapíon nínyo iníng tablón. Make boards of this log. Nagatápì na silá sang salúg. They are now boarding (covering with boards) the floor. Támà kanipís kag kakitíd siníng mga tápì. These planks are too thin and too narrow. Kon buút siá magbána sa íya, tapían níya, konó, sing baláy (balayán níya, konó, sing tápì). They say that if she will marry him, he will build her a house of wood (not merely of bamboo). Ipatápì ko sa mga manuglagarî yanáng mga káhoy. I shall see to it that the sawyers saw that timber into boards. (see káhoy-tree; wood in general).