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A bucket, pail, receptacle to draw water from a well or cistern called áwang. (see tampulingán).

To join, tie, fasten, bind, connect. Angta (angotá) ang higót. Join the ends of the string. Angti ang tímbà sang kalát. Fasten the bucket to the rope. Iangót ang isá ka písì sa isá. Connect one cord with the other. Angta ang kalát. Splice the rope. (see higót, gáid, bángot, bangót, gôos, balíghot),

Shadoof, shaduf, picotah, counterpoised sweep, a long beam swinging up and down on an axle used to draw water from a cistern or well. At one end of the beam the tímbà (pail or bucket for drawing water) is attached and at the other end the pamató (counterpoise, counterbalance). The pin or axle on which the beam turns is called the paláy. Ang bawód nagasákà-panáug. The shadoof is moving up and down.

Pail, bucket, vessel for drawing water or other liquids; a helper, abettor, procurer. (see tímbà, tampulingán, pasók, kabúlig, mangangapín).

Freq. of tímbà. To draw water from a well by means of a bucket. Nagaanó siá?-Nagapanímbà. What is he doing?-He is drawing water from the well.

Well-bucket. See tímbà.

Balance, scales, counterweight, counterpoise; partner, mate, assistant. (see tímbang, kabúlig, binangî).

Dim. of panímbang. Sa but-ánan nga pagpanimbángtímbang matáwhay na ang íya pangabúhì. By careful management he can now pass his days free from anxiety. If he manages wisely (If he is a wise, prudent, administrator), he can now live at ease.

Slanting, inclining, not horizontal, not level, applied to oblong objects. (see timá).

After the manner of women, womanly, lady-like, referring to, fit, suitable, proper for, women. Timbabaé ang pagsakáy níya sa kabáyo. She rides on horseback in lady-fashion.

To make great efforts, exert oneself, do one's best, strive hard, endeavour earnestly. (see bákas, panikasúg, timakás).

(Sp. timbal) Kettle-drum. (see tamból, tambór, garagadáng).

To tumble, fall down head over heels, lie in disorder or higgledy-piggledy. (see tumbílang, dúm-ok, lághit).

Balance, equilibrium, poise, counterpoise, counter-balance, equivalent; partner, help, assistant, mate; to balance, be a partner, to help, assist, lend a hand. Itímbang iníng mga páhò sa kamóti. Balance the sweet potatoes with these mangoes. Timbangá ang ímo lúlan. Balance your load. Timbangí siá sa paggíhit sang lamésa. Lend him a hand at moving the table. May tímbang ikáw? Have you a partner or mate? Magtímbang sa atubángan sang baláy may duhá ka akásya. In front of the house there are (were) two acacia-trees (one on each side). Ang ákon ginbakál nga damáso tímbang (sang) písos. The silk thread I have bought is equal in weight (not cost) to a silver peso. (see tuáng, búlig).

To weigh, measure the weight of; to balance (in one's mind), consider, reflect, ponder. Gintímbang níya ang mga katarúngan sa pihák kag sa pihák. He balanced the arguments of (on) both sides. (see timbángan).

Dim. and Freq. of tímbang. Also: to ponder well, reflect upon, think over, consider.

Balance, scales, weighing machine, steelyard, beam, spring balance, scales for weighing; a constellation of stars.

(Sp. ayudante) Assistant, adjutant, aide-de-camp; helper, partner. (see kaúbay, kabúlig, katímbang, binangî).

To divide into shares or portions, to portion out, (particularly said of meat or fish for sale); to ponder or weigh well, think it over. Bakìbakíon mo ang ímo buót agúd índì ka matám-an sang kalisúd. Ponder or consider everything well that you may not be overwhelmed with difficulties. Bakîbakía ang kárne, ísdà, etc. Divide the meat, fish, etc. into portions (of about equal size), (see báhin, huláy, párti, timbángtímbang, sibôsibò, bìnágbínag, katákáta).

(Sp. balance) Balance; equilibrium, symmetry, equipoise; to balance, poise; to shift, change, transfer from place to place, arrange methodically, so as to have symmetry or equilibrium, to keep in equipoise. Ginabalánse na liwán ang mga Párì sang diósesis sa Háro. The priests of the diocese of Jaro are again being shifted or transferred from one place to another. Indì mo pagbalansehón ang mga galamitón sa sála. Do not shift the furniture in the drawing-room. Ginbalánse níla ang mga balalígyà. They shifted their wares or removed them from their customary places and put them up somewhere else in the shop. (see tímbang, timbángtímbang).