Hiligaynon
To apply a cutting instrument near the ground or root, cut close or short. Pasoópa ang gúnting sa bohók. Snip the scissors close to the roots of the hair. Pasoópi ang paggúnting sang ákon bohók. Cut my hair close or short. Give me a close crop.
Hiligaynon
To cut off near the ground or roots, cut off close so as to leave the shortest possible stump. Guhará (-adá) ang kawáyan nga pulúnton. Cut down close to the ground the bamboos for building fish-corrals. Guharí akó siníng mga púsug, kay ibúgsok ko sa kodál. Cut down these bamboo-stumps for me and cut them level with the ground, for I am going to use them as fence-stakes. (see pasóop).
Hiligaynon
To cut off near the ground or roots. Soópa ang paggúnting sang ákon bohók. Cut my hair short. Pasoópi ang bohók ko. Give me a close crop. Ginsóop níla ang pagtapás sang káhoy. They cut down the tree close to the ground. Pasoópi sang galáb ang bungálon. Keep the sickle near the ground in cutting zacate. (see sípsip).