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To get or make salt from sea-water by pouring the sea-water over smooth sand letting it dry and repeating the process till the sand becomes thoroughly saturated with salt. This sand is then collected in a heap; more water is poured upon it and the outflow, thick with salt, is poured into bamboo troughs to dry in the sun. Crystallized salt is the result, which, scooped out and collected, is then ready for use or sale. Nagabódbod silá sa baybáyon. They are making salt from sea-water on the beach.

Whirlwind, cyclone, water-spout, sand-storm.

Detritus, soft sand or mud near or under water, slime, mire. (see bagónbon, lápok).

Gravel, pebbles, small stones. Láktan mo ang seménto sing pitó ka párte nga dakáldákal kag tátlo ka párte nga balás. Mix the cement with seven parts of gravel and three parts of sand.

Thickness (of a board, sheet, etc.); to be or become thick. Nagdámol ang búnbun dirí, kay nagbahâ ang subâ kagáb-i. There is quite a thick layer of alluvial sand here, because the river was in flood last night. Utda ang tápì sa nadamólan. Cut the plank at its thickest part. Ginadamólan akó siníng hénero. This cloth is too thick for me or appears to me rather thick. (see madámol, kadámol, dákmol).

A kind of dark sand-stone.

To clean one's eyes, take out or remove-dust,-a grain of sand,-a mote, etc. from the eye, from a wound or the like by means of a soft, bent material suitable for the operation. Igáhid mo iníng pungángo sang dáhon sang kásla sa ímo matá, agúd makúhà ang púling. Use this leaf-stalk of the casla-plant to clean your eye with, so that the mote may be taken away. Gahíra (-ída) ang ákon matá nga napunô (nabútà) sing yáb-ok. Remove the dust from my eye, for it is full of it. (see kolíkog, káwhi, kúhit).

Hollow, hole, cavity, trace, said of what has been taken from a heap of rice, sand, corn or the like; to delve or dig into, scoop a hole in, make encroachments or inroads on a heap of ashes, flour, rice, etc. Nabúsdik ang sáko kag ang íya sulúd nga humáy nagáwhak. The sack burst open and a hollow was made in the rice it contained. Sín-o ang nagáwhak siníng túmpok nga humáy? Who encroached on this heap of rice? Who delved into this rice-heap? Huy, mga bátà, índì nínyo paggawhakán ang túmpok nga balás. Hello, you boys there, don't scoop holes in the sand-heap. Ginawhakán ni Fuláno iníng túmpok nga balás, kay íya kinuháan sing isá ka láta sa agás. N.N. dug into this sand-heap, for he took away an oilcanful. Gingawhakán sang makáwat ang ákon ápog. The thief made a hole in my lime. (see gáhuk, etc.).

A (double) handful; to take up, ladle out with one hand or with the two hands put together. Hákpa (hakúpa) lang iníng balás, kag isulúd sa kahón. Just scoop up this sand with your hands and put it into the box. Hákpi akó sing tátlo ka hákup nga balingón. Get me three handfuls of small dried fish. Ihákup akó siníng mga ságbot nga sinílhig. Kindly take up in your hands these sweepings. Sín-o ang nagkúhà sing isá ka hákup nga maís, kay hílmon gid nga hinákpan iníng túmpok? Who has taken a (double) handful of corn, for it is apparent that this heap has been encroached upon with hands put together? Ihákup iníng papél sa tái sang kuríng. Use this paper to take up the cat's excrements.

To run aground, strand; meet with failure or misfortune. (see balás-sand).

To rub, polish, clean, scrape (with sand-paper, sand, etc.). Maghínis ka sang mga báso, pínggan, etc.-or-Hínsi (hinísi) ang mga báso, pínggan, etc. Polish (clean) the glasses, plates, etc. Ihínis iníng binókbok nga tísa sa mga toktokón nga mga tenedór. Rub the rusty forks with this brick-dust. Ihínis akó ánay sang mga galamitón sa digamohán. Please clean the kitchen-utensils for me (with sand, etc.).

To scratch and scatter (rice, corn, etc. as chickens, rats, etc. do); to bring into disorder, disarrange by trampling upon, by shuffling or stirring levelled off grains, peas and beans, sand or the like. Ginakaráykay sang mungâ ang humáy. The hen is scratching in the rice, scattering it with her claws. Indì mo pagkaraykayón ang humáy. Don't stir the rice.

A rough fish-skin, usually of the pági-fish, used to rub and smooth wood, etc. after the manner of sand-paper; to clean, smooth, rub boards, etc. with fish-skin or sand-paper. Kilkigí ang tápì, agúd magtínlò. Rub the board with fish-skin to make it smooth.

Hole, cavity, grave, sepulchre; to excavate, dig-, scoop-, out earth, etc. Akó ang makáli, ikáw ang makótkot. I will do the digging and you will take out the earth. Imo kotkotón ang binayó sa lusóng, kay ákon pagatáphan. Scoop out the pounded rice from the mortar, for I am going to sift it. Kotkotá ang balás sa búhò. Take out the sand from the hole. (see káli, búhò, lulúbngan).

A louse-like insect living in loose sand.

To hollow out, undermine, wash away, said especially of water. Ginkubkubán ang bató sang túbig. The stone was undermined by the water. Ginkúbkub sang túbig ang balás. The water washed away the sand. (see áb-ab, kábkab, kádkad).

To mix a dry powdered substance with a liquid, as flour, sugar, cement, starch, sand, etc. with water or the like. Kutáwa ang almidón. Soak the starch. Mix the starch with water. Kutáwi akó sing arína sa pásta. Mix for me some flour with water for paste. Ikútaw akó siníng tayóbong. Please, dissolve (mix) this tayóbong in (with) water.

Fine wet sand, slippery sediment in water, rivers, etc.; slime, viscous mud.

A dam, dyke, burrock, weir, breakwater, levee; to build a dam or fence (of stones, stakes, twigs, bamboo, sand, etc.). Lapúgi ang subâ. Make a dam in the river-or-Dam the river. Ilápug iníng mga bató kag kawáyan. Use these stones and bamboos to build a burrock or weir. May lápug dirâ. There is a dam there. (see púnud).

Detritus, fine sand and earth, slime, deposit, sediment, mud carried along by running water, especially during a flood, and deposited somewhere else; chaff, empty ears of rice, etc. Also verb. Nalay-onán ang ámon áwang, kay naágyan sang bahâ. Our well was filled up with mud, because the flood passed over it. Linay-onán sang subâ ang ámon dútà. The river covered our land with a deposit of mud. (see búnbun, bagónbon, laó, lalaó, lúnang).