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tinubígan

Hiligaynon

Wet (moist) ground, fertile soil. (see lungasóg, hagúbhagúban, túbig).


tinubigán

Hiligaynon

A game played by two parties, one defending all the approaches to, the other trying to reach, the "well" or "water" (táli). If one succeeds to reach the "water" without being touched by any of the defending guards, his party scores a victory; to play that game. Nagatinubiganáy silá. They are playing the tinubigán-game. (see tubígtúbig).


tálì

Hiligaynon

Luck, fortune, fate, lot; the "water" in the game of tinubigán; a piece of stone, an egg, or the like, used by a babáylan for casting lots.


túbig

Hiligaynon

Water, watery liquid; to be or become watery, to melt, dissolve, liquefy (of salt, sugar, ice, etc.); to water, irrigate, mix with-, add-, put in-, water. Túbig nga ilímnon. Drinking water. Nagtúbig na ang tanán nga yélo. All the ice-is gone,-has melted. Amligí gid ang asín, agúd índì magtúbig sa tingúlan. Take good care of the salt or it will dissolve (liquefy) during) the rainy season. Tubígi ang kólon. Put some water in the rice-kettle. Pamulákan nga tinubigan. An irrigated garden. Pinatubígan ang íya talámnan. He irrigated his rice land. Gintubígan ko ang sópas, kay támà kaínit. I added some water to the soup, because it was so hot. (see tinubígan, tinubigán, tubígtúbig, búnyag, túnaw).


tubíg-túbig

Hiligaynon

Dim. and Freq. of túbig. Also: a kind of game identical with tinubigán, which see. Nagahámpang silá sang tubígtúbig. They are playing the "water"-game.



nanag

Hiligaynon

A prefix denoting the past tense active (nag-), but only used when the agents are many, e.g. nanagtinubiganáy, nanaghinúgyaw, nanagpinanagoáy, nanaglagsanáy, nanagdinayándáyan, nanaghinutikáy silá, etc. They played the "water-game", they frolicked or made merry, they played hide and seek, they ran races together, they roamed about, they whispered to each other, etc. (túbig, húgyaw, tágò, lagás, dayándáyan, hutík, etc.). (see nag-).