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Initial, advance, first payment or instalment, handsel, earnest-money; to advance money, etc.; to make or let go first. Paunáhi siá sing limá ka mángmang. Advance him five pesos. Paunáha siá sa pagpaúlì. Let him go home first. Send him home ahead of you. (see úna, patínga).

To vie with, compete, contend, strive with, try to come out first. (see paúna, paindísíndis, padágánay).

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Caus. of únay. To let one please oneself, eat or drink or do as one likes, lay no restraint upon. Ipaúnay lang sa íla ang pagkáon. Let them eat as they like, i.e. without restraint and without preference. Paunáyan mo silá sang panyága. Let them take their dinner without formality. Kon magsúgud gánì ang galíng ang úna nga háon ginapaúnay sa mga táo. When the milling of sugar cane commences, the first vatful of sugar is given to the workmen (to do with as they please).

To look for on the spur of the moment, try to-find,-obtain,-get-, at once. Nagaláhus siá sing kwárta. He is trying to get some money. Nagláhus siá sing manók, asín, páhò, etc. He tried to obtain at once some chicken, salt, mangoes, etc. Ginlahúsan níya si Fuláno sing humáy. He quickly got some rice for N.N. Lahúsi siá sing tabákò. Find him some tobacco or cigars (without delay). Iláhus mo akó ánay (Paunáhi akó sing madalî) sing duhá ka písos. Please advance me two pesos at once. (see húsà, ságap, sághap, lághap).

To compete, contend with, vie with, strive with, exert oneself much in order to outdo another. Padág-as (magpadág-as) kitá kon sín-o ang maúna makatápus. Let us see who will finish first. (see pabákas, paindísíndis, paunáúna).

To vie or compete with, strive with, contend with, try to be (come) first. (see panguná, paunáuná, paindísíndis).

To contend, strive, quarrel, struggle. (see sulumbákì, súay, báis, paunáuná, paindísíndis).

Beach, coast, dry land, high ground, shore, bank, landing place. Paunáuná kamó maghingágaw sang takasán. Race each other and see which of you will reach land first. (tákas).

To please oneself, eat one's fill and leave some over, have enough and to spare in the way of food, etc. Nagaúnay siá sang mga páhò. He is eating as many mangoes as he likes. Ginunáyan lang níya ang mga ságing. He just ate bananas to his heart's content. (see kánkan, paúnay).

To please oneself, eat one's fill and leave some over, have enough and to spare in the way of food, etc. Nagaúnay siá sang mga páhò. He is eating as many mangoes as he likes. Ginunáyan lang níya ang mga ságing. He just ate bananas to his heart's content. (see kánkan, paúnay).

Race, competition, contest; to compete with, contest, race, try to be first. (see úna, uná, paunáuná, palúmbà, paindísíndis, padag-ánay).

Race, competition, contest; to compete with, contest, race, try to be first. (see úna, uná, paunáuná, palúmbà, paindísíndis, padag-ánay).