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(Sp. saya) A gown, robe, skirt with a train, skirt as worn with the so-called mestiza-dress.

(B) Wrinkle, crease: to wrinkle, crease, be uneven, full of creases, wrinkled. Nagabokóng ang apóro. The lining is full of creases. Kaayóha ang pagtahì sang kwélyo, agúd índì magbokóng. Alter the sewing of the collar, so that it may not wrinkle. Indì mo pagpabokóngon ang apóro sang ímo sáya. Do not let the lining of your gown get creased. (see kubúng, sokóng).

Faded, having lost its colour. Nagbúdhaw sa támà nga búnak ang íya báyò nga maitúm. On account of too much washing his black jacket faded. Binúdhaw na ang íya sáya nga mapulá sádto. Her skirt that was red before has now faded.

Pulling, tugging, hauling, haling, dragging, lugging, trailing, traction; to haul, drag, pull, hale, tug, trail along the ground. Maggúyud na kitá sang mga kawáyan nga pulúnton. Let us now haul in the bamboos for the fish-corrals. Guyúda (-yúra) ang kawáyan. Drag the bamboo along the ground. Ginagúyud lang níya ang kóla sang íya sáya. She is trailing the train of her gown along the floor. Anó ang igúyud mo sa káhoy? Báka, ukón karabáw? How will you haul in the wood? By means of an ox or a buffalo? Pagayúdi (-yúri) akó sa íla sing ísa ka gatús ka bílog nga kawáyan. Let them haul in for me one hundred pieces of bamboo. Ipagúyud ko sa karabáw iníng halalígyon. I'll make the buffalo tug this tree that is to be made into a post. (see gánoy).

To trail, sweep the floor, be dragged along the ground. Ang íya sáble, sáya, etc., nagakáyat. His sword, her skirt, etc., is trailing on the ground. (see gánoy, gúyud).

To fold, plait, make plaits in clothes, to kilt; fold, plait, doubling. Kunutí-or-kúnti ang bestído mo, ang sáya mo, ang pakô, ang sótana, etc. Make plaits in your frock, your skirt, in the sleeve, in the cassock, etc.

(Sp. liso) Plain, even, unadorned, uniform, unfigured, simple. Ang íya nga sáya may duág nga asúl nga líso. Her gown is of an unfigured sky-blue. (see saláma, lúgus, lúnsay, túnay).

To taper, taper off, cut to a point or taper, bring or sharpen to a point. Palagwisá ang pagtábas sang kóla sang íya sáya. Cut the train of her gown to a point. (see palígwis, parígwis).

Cloth for skirts. (see sáya, sayahón).

To trail, draggle on the floor or ground. Ang íya nga sáya nagasángyad sa dútà. Her skirt is trailing along the ground. (see gúyud, gánoy, sagúmboy, ságnoy).

Dim. and Freq. of úgdang. Also: giving oneself airs, walking about in grand style or in a dignified way. The form paugdángúgdang is mostly used as verb. Nagapaugdángúgdang siá kay may bág-o siá nga sáya nga sóklà. She is giving herself airs, because she has a new silk skirt. (see timôtímò).

Dim. and Freq. of úgdang. Also: giving oneself airs, walking about in grand style or in a dignified way. The form paugdángúgdang is mostly used as verb. Nagapaugdángúgdang siá kay may bág-o siá nga sáya nga sóklà. She is giving herself airs, because she has a new silk skirt. (see timôtímò).

A small bird living in almost inaccessible rocks. Its nest is much sought after for medicinal purposes. Ang mga áti nagabalígyà sing mga púgad sang balinsasayáw. The Negritos sell nests of the bird called balinsasayáw.

Visayan, pertaining to the Visayan language, customs, manners of life, etc. (bisayâ).

Visayan, a native of the Visayan Islands. Ang mga Bisayâ. The Visayans, the Visayan people. (see Bisyâ id.).

The Visayan Islands, the Visayans, the Visayan people. (Bisayâ).

See kahúsay. Also: A clearing up, a settling or adjustment of a dispute, quarrel, debt, etc.

Explanation, exposition, elucidation, explication, clear statement, interpretation. (sáysay; see kasayóran).

A shrimp, small lobster.

To display, show off, walk about in public, strut about, go about ostentatiously, parade oneself; to waste, squander. (see paámpag, patúyang, pabugál, pakitâkitâ).