Hiligaynon
To meet, encounter, come-, light-, upon. Sín-o ang nasamálang mo kahápon sa kalsáda? Whom did you meet on the road yesterday? Indì ka magági dirâ, kay masamálang rao áyhan ang mga buyóng. Indì kaw magági dián, hay básì masamálang mo ang mga buyóng. Don't go that way, for you may encounter the robbers. (see sumálang id.; sugatâ).
Hiligaynon
Hiligaynon
(B) To meet, encounter, come upon, fall in with, especially said of persons coming from different directions. Kang pagsug-alawáy (Sang pagsugataáy) námon nagdungán (nagdúngan) kamí padúlung sa Ilóngílong. When we met we went on together in the direction of Iloilo. Sug-aláwa sa dálan. (Sagataá siá sa dálan). Try to fall in with him on the road. (see súgat, sugatâ, sumálang, samálang).
Hiligaynon
To meet, encounter, come upon, fall in with. Nasumálang ko si Fuláno. I met N.N. Masumalángan ta riá ti masamí (Makít-an, mabasahán, masápwan ta inâ sing masamí) sa mga pamantaláan. We often-come upon those things,-find such matters mentioned, in the news-papers. (see samálang, sug-álaw, tábò, sapó, sugatâ).
Hiligaynon
(H) Dim. of the foregoing gúlang. Nearly ripe, etc. Nasamálang ko ang isá ka táo nga gulángguláng. I met an elderly man, a person neither old nor young, a middle-aged man.