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aptcpOccurs word final to complement the intonation on certain expressions, or to register emphasis or impatience.udot!Okay!udot'a!Okay!Gunay.One's work; way; habit.Ipailam de ambal’u we gunay'a!It's nice to show good habits! (added to convince the hearer).Inkayu kappay'a!Go! (adds emphasis)Intaku!Let's go!Intakuwa!Come on, let's go! (sign of impatience).
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aabbolanseelaga1 4lupedatsinnuntapawan2tukup 3nWeaving equipment.Incl. the loom, material, and weaving tools.
aaddiseeaaddi 2babang 3duwaduwa 2gulu 3liggumossanaglananaglasiguradusukkadtikawtuantuan1advPositively; certainly; absolutely; must; surely.Aaddika dumat’ong appig’at!Be sure to come tomorrow!Aaddiyak umali.I'm sure to come.Aaddi ye umaliyak.I'm sure to come.Siyanat aaddi ye kinatuttuwaan.That is the absolute truth.Sa sulat aaddi ye mikasin migil’i.The letter must be written again.Synonymliyod2vTo insist.seeaaddibabang 3duwaduwa 2gulu 3liggumossanaglananaglasiguradusukkadtikawtuantuan
aaginDistant relatives.beyond fourth cousins who live in other barangays.
aammaSynonymkan-abengkan-anaknFathers; men.Dimman da aamman da iGuilguila?Where are the men of Guilguila Barrio?In generic sense, parents.
aammok1nOne who keeps thinking about sth.2vTo keep on thinking about sth.; to dwell on sth. (in one's thoughts).
aammosannBathing place.
aangngolnomOne who is listening and can be a witness if necessary.
aangngol’anTin can in which pig food is cooked.
aangngolannType of tin can.Usu. a kerosene can; used for cooking pig food.
aangotnOne who is facing away.
aattomvTo patiently endure suffering.
aatunnOne who transfers others; one who moves sth.Ak Ben a’atun si kigad.Ben is the one who will transfer the boundary.Siya a’atun.He will be the one to move them. ie. move chairs or rearrange furniture.Connotes: he is accustomed to doing that job, he knows the method. May also carry the meaning of doing wrong: he should not do it.
aawv?or: umaaw as the lx field.
aawwilivTo think a lot about what was left behind.describe?
aayyonnTrail; path; the way to go.
aba1nEdible tuber of lidoy large-leafed plant.Eating aba will eradicate kip’os small stomach worms.
aba21nThe child being carried.Annat'e mababaled-e de ukina atte ab’am.The feet of the child you are carrying are very uncomfortable.2vTo carry smb. on one's back.Nan-ab’a da Yulie kan Nena.Nena carried Yulie on her back.3vTo carry smb./sth. on one's back.Binig’at'e aba’on ni bubai de uttingna.Everyday the woman carried her newborn child on her back.4vTo put smb. on smb. else's back.Iyab’am ab’eng.Put the child on my back.5vTo be carried on one's back.Amodka ak maab’a.You are too big to be carried on smb's back.seemuyunutting
ab-abv1To drink much (water or wine).2To drink excessively.Ab-abom danum ennat'e adu ta ad’ika ansasanga.Drink much water so you won't be upset.Inab-abna bay’as, siya nabuukana.He drank much wine, that's why he was drunk.A strong word, used when the speaker is angry and up-tight; used of water, wine, milk, etc.
ab-ab’usThe first time.
ababalinseeagsusuwalbatol 3nGrub.generic. Found below the soil. There are different types which, by the process of metamorphosis, change into various small insects: 1) bukbuklit small, edible, flying insects, found all year round, often around banana plants. 2) dumug larger than bukbuklit,, edible, flying insects, found often in coconut tree tops. 3) agsusw’al, smelly, inedible insects, found with animal dung droppings which they burrow into, eventually turning the dung into soil.
ababawseeababbawawadalom 4adang1lasipliting1 2salapsapsalapsapadjLow (water level); shallow.Used of the water level in a stream being up to one's waist, or less.
ababbawawvTo be very shallow.Ababbaw’awan de dakadak.The crossing place is very shallow.seeababawadalom 4adang1lasipliting1 2salapsapsalapsapIf a river is being described, it will be lumiting greenish colored.
ababbawawanTo be very shallow.