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To be or become tight, straitened, difficult; to oppress, treat harshly. Nagpíot karón ang íya pangabúhì. His life is at present a trying one. He is in a tight fix. He is leading a hard life now. Napít-an kamí sang ámon pangabúhì sa karón nga túig. This year we are living in straitened circumstances. Ginapíot silá sang íla pangolohán. Their government treats them harshly (oppresses them). (see lapígot, pígus).

Pressure, strait, strictness, condition of being squeezed into a tight corner. (see píot).

Strict, close, narrow, contracted, straitened, dense, crowded, packed, pressed together, hard-pressed; hard, difficult, severe. (see píot).

To cover or wrap up well, compress and pack tightly, make compact; to be or make as airproof as possible. Piihón mo ang tabákò sing maáyo, agúd índì makasungáw. Wrap the tobacco up well, that it may not be spoilt through contact with the air. Pilpilí sing bató ang tabákò, agúd magpií (magpíi). Weigh the tobacco down with a stone, that it may pack closely (be compact). (see píot, hugút, pílpil).

From píot-to press squeeze, tighten, etc.

To hold fast to, cling to, hang on to, grasp (as children the skirt of their mother or the like). Ang bátà nagadápiot sa patádyong sang íya ilóy-or-ginadapiotán sang bátà ang patádyong sang íya ilóy. The child is holding fast to its mother's skirt. (see kápyot, kapút, úyat).

See kapíot, kapipít-an.

(Sp. apretado) Tight, close; close-fisted, close, stingy, niggardly, miserly; difficult, hard to bear, miserable. (see gutúk, mapíot, lapígot, malisúd).

To agree, pull well together, get along with, understand one another. Kon ang asáwa magbolobakía sa bána, dílì kúntà mapíot ang íla pagkahímtang. If the wife would live in harmony with her husband, their life would not be a hard one. (see hilitóhog, hiliúgyon).

See dápia, dápios, dápiot.

See kapíot. Also: Crosses, troubles, difficulties, trials, straits. (see kalilísdan, kalisdánan, kalalát-an, kapa-itán).

To slip out, glide or slide off, free oneself from a grip, etc.; to escape, disentangle oneself. Nakapalús ang ísdà sa ákon kamót. The fish slipped out of my hand. Napalusán ang íya kamót sang isulúlat. The pen slipped from his hand. Palusí ang maís sang íya pánit. Husk the corn. Daw sa índì na siá makapalús sa mapíot níya nga kahimtángan. He will scarcely be able to get out of (escape from) his difficult (tight) position. (see pádlus).

To move, affect, stir, scare, deter; to listen to, pay attention to, desist, yield, be scared or deterred. Inâ walâ makapanínggol sa íla. That did not move or deter them. That made no impression on them. Indì na siá manínggol (magpanínggol) sang dakû nga kapíot kag kalisdánan. He does not allow himself any longer to be deterred by the great hardships and difficulties (involved). Walâ silá magpanínggol sang dakû nga túgnaw. They did not desist in spite of the great cold. (see tínggol, dîmanínggol, patubalíng, patubaríng, paubág, pasúpil).