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Unhulled rice. (see humáy, páray).

A wooden peg, pin, bolt or nail.

(Sp. arroz) Rice, especially hulled rice. (see humáy, pálay, páray, bugás).

The pin that passes through the kaw-ít (a small rope) and connects the traces with the plough. (see paláy, tunúng).

Shadoof, shaduf, picotah, counterpoised sweep, a long beam swinging up and down on an axle used to draw water from a cistern or well. At one end of the beam the tímbà (pail or bucket for drawing water) is attached and at the other end the pamató (counterpoise, counterbalance). The pin or axle on which the beam turns is called the paláy. Ang bawód nagasákà-panáug. The shadoof is moving up and down.

Hulled rice; pimple; to hull or be hulled (of rice). Nagbugás na ang humáy sa lusóng. The rice in the mortar has been hulled. Ang duhá ka pásong ginbugás ko sa pándut. I had two bushels of rice hulled for the feast. Bugasá iníng isá ka gántang. Pound or hull this ganta of rice. Bugasí akó sing napúlò ka gántang sa mga dumulúaw. Hull me ten gantas of rice for the visitors. Ginabugasán akó ni Fuláno. I am supplied with hulled rice by N.N. Binugás mo na ang pilít nga sulumanón kag ilibusón? Have you hulled glutinous rice for making súman (cooked rice mixed with sugar and the juice of coconut-meat) and íbus (rice mixed with the juice of coconut-meat, wrapped up in coconut-leaves and boiled)? May tátlo ka bugás siá sa guyá níya. He has three pimples on his face. (see humáy, pálay-unhulled rice: kán-on-cooked rice).

Loose, not tight, moving freely; to loosen, get loose. Ang pakô sang íya kamiséta halúg. His shirt-sleeve is loose. Ang síngsing mo halúg sa ákon túdlò. Your ring is too big for my finger. Naghalúg ang háwak sang íya sárwal, kay nagníwang siá. The waist of his trousers became too wide for him, because he had got lean. Pahalugá gáwa ang paláy sa búhò. Make the bolt fit a little more loosely into the hole. Ipahalúg ko sa sapatéro iníng mga sapátos, kay gutúk sa ákon tiíl. I'll get the shoemaker to widen these boots, for they are too tight for my feet. (see tugák, hugák).

(B) Thin, slender, tenuous; to be or make thin, tenuous, slender, to whittle down, pare down. Naghanús ang kawáyan sa pagágus. The bamboo became slender through trimming. Bal-agí ang salsálon túbtub nga maghanús. File the iron till it becomes thin. Hanusá iníng bastón. Make this stick slender. Pahanusí akó sing liníyas nga kawáyan. Get for me some thin pieces of split bamboo. Ipahanús ko sa ímo iníng paláy, kay gutúk sa búhò. I'll get you to pare down this wooden peg, for it is too thick to fit the hole. (see gamáy).

(H) Rice, rice-grain, unhulled rice, rice in the husk or growing in the field. (see pálay, páray, bugás, kán-on).

Taper; to taper, make in a tapering form. Ipyosá ang paláy. Taper the wooden bolt.

Taper; to taper, make in a tapering form. Ipyosá ang paláy. Taper the wooden bolt.

To cover with sand and earth, to bar the flow of a water-course in order that the earth and sand carried along by a flood may accumulate behind the weir (levee, dam, dyke) and so raise the level of the water or divert the flood to another channel. Ginpalay-onán níla ang sapâ. They built a weir across the brook.

Hammer, mallet; to hammer, strike with a hammer. Paloá (Pál-a) ang lánsang, paláy, etc. Hammer the nail, the bolt, etc.

(B) Unhulled rice, rice (in the ears or in the field). (see pálay, humáy).

(Sp. tarugo) A wooden peg or pin, a bolt; to pin or bolt together, make a hole for the reception of a pin. Tarugóha ang págbo. Fasten (Secure) the rafter with a wooden pin. Anó ang itarúgo mo, sibúkaw ukón kawáyan? What are you going to make the pin of? Sebucao wood or bamboo? May tarúgo na ang págbo? Is the rafter fastened with a pin? (see paláy, pintál, lánsang).

A pin, bolt, nail; to hold a bar, etc. in place; to pin, put in a pin or bolt. Tunungí ang ganháan. Bolt the door. (see pálpal, paláy, balángbaláng).

To provide or fit out with sails; strike with the back of a knife, bolo, etc. (see láyag).

To set sail, sail off, make sail, go or travel-under sails,-under canvass. (see láyag).

An addition to a house, as a balcony, annex, veranda, etc. (see paláypay, padóros).

To let loose, to let roam free, to leave in the open field. Palayawá lang ang mga báka sa latagón. Just allow the cattle to roam about free in the open field. (pa, layáw; see paluyáw id.).