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Cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, truculence, harshness; to be cruel, harsh, brutal, inhuman, truculent, treat with great harshness, cruelty, rigour, severity. Indì ka magpíntas sa íya. Indì mo siá pagpintasán. Do not be cruel to him. Don't treat him with cruelty. Pahaliná yanáng magtotóon, kay dáyon gid lang níya ginapamintasán ang mga eskuéla. Send that teacher away for he is always harsh to his pupils.

Fierceness, ruffianism, brutality, truculence, ferocity, cruelty, violence, inhumanity; to be or become ferocious, inhuman, ruthless, brutal, fierce, cruel, to act fiercely, etc. Nagbangís siá. He got fierce. Nabangisán akó sa íya. I consider him violent. He is too violent for me. Indì ka magbangís sa ákon or índì mo akó pagbangisán. Don't act the ruffian with me. Don't talk fiercely to me. Don't treat me so cruelly. (see barís, píntas).

Fierceness, violence, brutality, inhumanity, ruffianism, truculence; to be or become fierce, violent, ferocious, inhuman, cruel, ruthless. (see bangís, píntas).

A prefix of very wide use in the formation of abstract and collective nouns as well as of an exclamatory superlative which nearly corresponds in meaning to the English "How--!" e.g. álam-kaálam (wisdom, learning); písan-kapísan (diligence, application); píntas-kapíntas (cruelty); ángot-kaangtánan (connection); lábut-kalabtánan (participation, implication); uyáng-kahinguyángan (outlay, expenditure); bátà-kabatáan (childhood; children); baláy-kabalayán (houses, collection of houses); támad-katámad sa ímo! How lazy you are! Dásig-kadásig siníng kabáyo! How swiftly this horse runs! gáhud, galúng-kagáhud kag kagalúng sináng mga bátà! Oh, the noisiness and boisterousness of those children! lisúd-ay, kalisúd! Oh, what a heavy cross! After superlative adverbs like lakás, lám-ag, dúro, masyádo, támà, túman, etc. "ka" is either prefixed to the adjectives or takes the place of ma-, e.g. Dalók-greedy. Lakás kadalók. Very greedy. Layâ-dry. Masyádo kalayâ. Very dry. Maitúm-black. Lám-ag kaitúm. Very black. Madálum-deep. Dúro kadálum. Very deep. Matámbok-fat. Támà katámbok. Very fat. Dakû-large. Túman kadakû. Very large, etc.

Cruelty, harshness, brutality, inhumanity, truculence, ferocity. (see píntas).

Cruel, pitiless, inhuman, savage, ferocious, fierce, brutal, destitute of mercy or compassion, harsh, atrocious, tyrannical, unjustly severe. (see píntas, mabangís, mabarís).

Freq. of píntas. To treat cruelly, harshly. Indì mo pagpamintasán ang mga bátà. Don't be cruel to children (to the children).

Caus. of píntas. To make cruel, etc.

To poise, to weigh in the hand, to judge or guess the weight of an object by holding it and moving it up and down. Balakía ang búgsò sang kárne. Weigh the piece of meat in your hand. Ginabalákì níya ang kabug-atón sang bombáy. He tried the weight of the onions in his hand. Figuratively: to balance, match. Ang bána nga mapíntas kag ang asáwa nga mahínay nagabalákì. The rough husband and the gentle wife compensate for each other. Ginabalákì sang Diós ang mga batásan sang magasawá. God balances the qualities of married folk.

Beating, thrashing, whacking, etc.; to beat, thrash, whack, drub, cane, strike, lash, flagellate, flog, whip, scourge, trounce, birch. Hampaká siá. Beat him. Whip him. Hampakí siá sa likód. Give him a flogging on his back. Hinámpak siá ni nánay níya. His mother gave him a beating. Ginhámpak ang Aton Ginúo sing mabangís sang mga mapíntas nga soldádo. The cruel soldiers scourged Our Lord severely. (see búnal, lámpus, lámba, bálbal).

(H) A slight cold or catarrh; to produce a catarrh, etc. Ginalágnat akó. I have a slight cold. Ginpílit siá sang íya mapíntas nga agálon nga magkádto sa umá bisán malágnat ang íya láwas. He was forced by his cruel master to go (work in) to the farm, even although he was suffering from a cold. (see hilánat).

Violent, cruel, fierce, harsh, ferocious, brutal, tyrannic. (see bangís, mabarís, mapíntas).

Violent, ferocious, brutal, fierce, cruel; wild, not tamed, uneducated. (see maísug, mapíntas, mabangís, mailá, simarón).

To have one's will, do to one's heart's content, do as one pleases. Nagapagusá gid lang siá sa paghingúyang sing madámù nga pílak. He wastes much money on whims and fancies. Nagpagusá silá sa pagpíntas sa táo nga íla nadakúp. They tortured the man they caught till their cruelty was sated. They wreaked their anger on the man they caught. (see patúyang, pasamíyang).

To run away, run off, escape, flee, retreat, take to flight, make off, turn tail, take to one's heels, beat a retreat, abscond, bolt, decamp, skedaddle, show a light pair of heels. Nagpalágyo siá. He ran away. He fled. Nakapalágyo siá sa bilanggóan. He succeeded in escaping from prison. Ginpalagyohán níya ang íya mapíntas nga agálon. He ran away from his cruel master. Indì kamó magpalágyo súbung sang mga matálaw, kóndì mangatúbang kamó sing matútum sa mga kaáway. Don't retreat (run away) like cowards, but bravely face the enemy. (see lágyo, tál-as).

Bad, unlucky, unfortunate, cruel, merciless. Sáwì nga kagawián. Bad habits. Sáwì nga kahimtángan. An unfortunate position. Sáwì nga kapaláran. Cruel fate. (see maláin, buísit, mapíntas, sarót, salút).