Meaning of dabá-dába, dabá-dabá

dabá-dába, dabá-dabá

Hiligaynon

To flame, blaze, flare up, be on fire. Nagadabá-dába (nagadabádabá) ang kaláyo. The fire is flaring up. The flames of fire are shooting up. Padabádabáha ang kaláyo. Stir the fire, make it burn bright. Padabádabáhi ang kólon sang kaláyo. Make the fire burn well under the rice-kettle. Ipadabádába akó siníng kaláyo. Kindly stir this fire for me. (see dáab, sáblab, hará-hará, karábkárab).