Hiligaynon
(B) To grin. See lángsì, balangisí.
Hiligaynon
To grin, show one's teeth. Indì ka magbangirít. Don't grin. Ginbangiritán (binangiritán) níya akó. He grinned at me. Pabangiritá siá. Make (let) him grin. A, pabangiritá lang dâ siá. Well, just let him stand grinning there. (see ngirít, lángsì, rángsì, balangisí, ngurîngúrì).
Hiligaynon
This letter is pronounced as in English. Variously combined with vowels it is frequently made use of in the Visayan Dialect to form adjectives, nouns and plural verbal forms, e.g. bumulúthò, pumalaháyag, kalalát-an, sululátan, isulúlat, nagilinúm silá, nagilísol silá, nagdaláyaw silá, nagailinútud silá, etc. (Búthò, paháyag, láut, sulát, inúm, ísol, dáyaw, útud, etc.).
Many terms that in Hiligáynon contain the letter "l" have the letter "r" instead in Hiniráya, or Binukídnon, e.g. walâ-warâ, ílog-írog, dalága-darága, malayô-marayô, lángsì-rángsì, etc.
Hiligaynon
(H) A grin; to smile, grin, laugh showing one's teeth. Indì ka maglángsì. Don't grin. Indì mo akó paglangsián. Don't grin at me. Linangsián níya ang makakaládlaw nga sinúgid. He grinned at the ridiculous story. Ayáw pagsábta, kóndì langsií lang siá. Don't answer him, but simply grin at him. (see rángsì id.; ngirít, balangisí, bangirít).
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
A guffaw, a coarse (noisy, boisterous) laugh, a horse laugh, a loud burst of laughter; to guffaw, roar with laughter, laugh outright, laugh boisterously, burst out laughing. Nagtalángkaw silá nga tanán. They all burst out laughing. Tinalangkawán níla ang íya mga linahóg. They roared (nearly split their sides) with laughter at his jokes. (see halákhak, harákhak, arók-ok, arík-ik, hîhî, kádlaw, yuhúm, lákhò, lámhò, lángsì, rángsì, ngirít, bangirít, taláihom).