Meaning of kabán

kabán

Hiligaynon

(Sp. cavan) A bushel (of rice, etc.); a box, case, trunk: to put inside, shut up, surround; occupy all the bases in baseball. Kabaná nínyo ang mga manugdalágan. Surround the runners. Ginkabán námon silá. We surrounded them.


kában

Hiligaynon

To encroach upon, usurp, appropriate, seize, take possession of. Indì mo pagkabánon ang ákon dútà. Don't encroach upon my ground. Ginkában níya ang ákon dútà sa pagísol níya sang kodál sing isá ka dupá. He seized my land by setting the fence back two yards. (see sabán, sakám, sáklam, lámlam, hámham).