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(H) Scratch, excoriation, abrasion; to excoriate, scratch, lacerate, tear, chafe, wound the skin. Nabalíkas ang ákon bútkon sang símsim. My arm got scratched by the bamboo-branches. Ginbalíkas níya ang ákon guyá sang sibít. He scratched my face with the pin. Nabalikásan ang ákon písngi; ambót kon anó ang nakabalíkas. My cheek got scratched; I don't know what caused the scratches. Andam ka dirâ, kay básì mabalikásan ka sang tunúk (dúgi). Be on the lookout there, for you may get injured by the thorns. (see báklis, lísgis).
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(H) To swell, become-swollen,-bloated,-inflated, to puff up, blow up. Ang balókhan sang báboy kon húypan (huyupán) sing kagíngking magabukálong. A pig's bladder, if blown up by means of a bamboo tube, will become a balloon. Ginkagát siá sang kamaláyo sa písngi kag nagbukálong. He was stung in the cheek by a kamaláyo-wasp and it swelled up. (see hábok, úkad).
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(B) To clean, wash, wipe (one's face). Damoí ang nawóng mo. Wash your face. Dinamoán mo na ang ímo písngi sang túbig? Have you wiped your cheeks? (see panghilám-os).
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(H) Face, facial expression, mien, visage, countenance; aspect; cheek; audacity, temerity, shame. Ang íya guyá maitúm. His face is black. Kon magkádlaw siá ang duhá níya ka písngi nagapakítà sang magtímbang nga yupúk sang íya guyá nga makawiwíli tulúkon. When she smiles her two cheeks dimple in a way pleasant to look upon. Si Fuláno may guyá sa pagbutángbútang sa íya sa likód kag waláy guyá sa pagutís sa íya sa atubángan. N.N. has the face to slander him behind his back and is not ashamed to flatter him in his presence. (see pangguyáhon, nawóng, uyahón, guyahón).
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To become or be thin, lean, emaciated, chiefly said of the face or cheeks. Nagahamáy ang íya nga guyá. His face is becoming thin. Naghamáy ang íya písngi sa lakás nga pagpadayáw kag sa mínos nga pagkáon. Her cheeks have fallen in on account of too much vanity and too little food. (see níwang, hágpis, hágwos).
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Pellucid, translucent, shining or showing through, limpid, clear, bright, diaphanous; to be pellucid, etc. Ináwináw ang íya mga matá. His eyes are lustrous, bright, clear. Nagaináwináw ang íya dugô sa písngi. Her blood shows through the cheeks. Her cheeks are rosy. She has rosy cheeks. Maayóayó na si Fuláno, kay ináwináw na liwán ang íya tubúg. N.N. is a little better now, for his windpipe is visible again.
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Pellucid, translucent, shining or showing through, limpid, clear, bright, diaphanous; to be pellucid, etc. Ináwináw ang íya mga matá. His eyes are lustrous, bright, clear. Nagaináwináw ang íya dugô sa písngi. Her blood shows through the cheeks. Her cheeks are rosy. She has rosy cheeks. Maayóayó na si Fuláno, kay ináwináw na liwán ang íya tubúg. N.N. is a little better now, for his windpipe is visible again.
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Weal, wale, mark (of a whip or the like); a streak, stripe (of two threads or fibres); to streak, stripe, mark with stripes. Ilabúd sa kabáyo ang látigo. Labudí (-urí) ang kabáyo sang látigo. Give the horse the whip. May labúd ang íya nga písngi. There is a weal on his cheek. Búnal nga waáy labúd. A whipping without weals, i.e. a severe scolding, adverse criticism, etc. Ang sámay sang ákon patádyong isá gid lang ka labúd nga sedalína, ápang ang íya sang patádyong ni mánang duhá gid ka púlò ka labúd nga sedalína. The stripes in my skirt consist of only two silk threads, but those in the skirt of my eldest sister consist of forty silk threads. Butangí ang ákon báyò sing duhá ka labúd nga mapulá. Put two red stripes into my jacket. (see lábhag, lábtik, sámay, guráy).
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(H) Softened, made flexible by warming. See halúb. Also: swollen, suffused with blood or the like. Lahób gid ang písngi níya nga tinámpà ni Fuláno. His cheek that was struck by N.N. is swollen.
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(H) To let shine through, make transparent, etc. Ang ínit nagpasulúng sang dugô sa íya nga písngi. The heat caused the blood to shine through his cheeks. The heat made his cheeks red. (pa, sulúng).
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See sulúng-to shine through, be transparent. Nagasolóng ang dugô sa íya mga písngi kag bibíg. The blood shines through his (her) cheeks and lips.
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A dimple; a dent, indentation. Kon magyuhúm siá may duhá ka makawiwíli nga yupók sa íya mga písngi. When she smiles there are two pleasant dimples on her cheeks.