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hallalakak v A wild pig’s calling its young because of fear of danger.
hallok 1vs To be afraid. 2v To try to scare someone Agad ka mgo busow, og-alomud su oghinallokon ki. Even the ghosts, they groan because they are [intentionally] trying to scare us. Ko oghinallokon kid to busow, an-anayan ogkagi to, “Mmm”. Takas sikan, du-on ogpati-ulug dii to tangka-an ta. When ghosts try to scare us, at first they say, “Mmm.” After that, [they] make things drop (lit. (lit. there is that-which is caused to drop) in front of us. Du-on otow no ogholos no ogtu-uran din to oghinallok kanta oyow ogkaallok ki. There are people who will hide whose purpose is to scare us so that we will be afraid. 3v frighten each other
halomhom v When the sun is hidden by clouds; Overcast ant: silò 2.
halop v To become blurry, as a computer screen. Nighalop on ka pogpitow ta; konò ta ogkamologmologan ka nigsulat. What we are looking at has become blurry; we cannot see the writing clearly.
halukip Sore ribs, a pain in the side.
halù v To playfully threaten to hit someone.
hamatuk 1adj Large, huge. 2Happy.
hanggirinid n Used for killing fish.
hanggol v To growl.
hanggu n Tin can used for cooking.
hangos v To pant ; be out of breath as when one is congested. see fr.: boloy 2.
hangud v To sniff as to smell something to recognize the ordor of something.
hanhan deriv n A greedy person as someone who would eat up leftovers and not think of someone else's needs. Hanhanon ka sikan no boi; pig-ubusan din ka asawa rin to ko-onon. That woman is a greedy person; she ate up all the rice and didn't leave any rice for her husband. (lit. ...she finished up all the rice on her husband.) see fr.: hagamhagam.
hanow 1n Knowledge. Wà hanow ku. I don’t know. Nokoy hanow ku? How should I know? 2To ignore, refuse to pay attention to. Ogkamaanow ku sikaniu. I refuse to have anything to do with you. 3v To say one doesn't know. Hanow ta. I don’t know. [This is term regularly used in Tigwa but DB says it was also used in our area by various of the older people.] 4Forget someone has died (as when one calls to his companion forgetting he is dead.) DB Ogkohinampot kanta.
hantak v To gamble with dice.
hantal 1n Chicken roost. gen: latunan. 2v To roost as chickens.
hantoy 1n ?? Maintok ka hantoy noy ka nigpabutong to kuddò no nigmapupusiloy on poron ka naro-og. Our ?? was short who were having the horses fight and-then the ones who were defeated were on the verge of having a shoot-out with each other. 2vs Be satisfied; full of food.
hanulut v To continue with something.
hanupul n A kind of vine, the sap of which is used to stimulate hair growth; the vine is used for ???.
hapos v To whip.
hapow phr.: hapow to lanut. n Chicken lice. [Will also transfer to people.]
hapow to lanut phr. of: hapow. Tiny abaca bugs.
hapun phr.: lagboy no maapun. 1adj Afternoon. 2v To be benighted 3Pay later in afternoon. 4Afternoon.
hapuy 1n Fire. 2v Make a fire. ?? 3??
harayu n Radio, tape recorder.