kābasaˈkalabasaˈ
nSquash, yellow squash, pumpkin.squash, a; pumpkinCucurbita maxima1.7.2Vegetables (fruit, roots, bulbs)Vegetables (fruit, roots, bulbs)
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kābew
nWater buffalo, carabao.Bubalus bubaliswater buffalo; carabao; ride a carabaoEkkakābew iningketan si basakan.Many carabaos are tied in the wet rice field.2.1.1Large mammalsLarge mammals
kābew būpalunA breed of especially large carabaos.
kādjaˈan
nA celebration; a feast.Only set occasions in the life cycle are called kādjaˈan. Other feasts or celebrations are called jamu-jamu, feast.celebration; feastSōng niyaˈ kādjaˈande gaˈi tiggel.They will have a celebration in the near future.Bang tinammat ne anaknen lami teˈed kādjaˈannen.When his child graduates, he will have a big celebration.14.8CeremoniesCeremonies
| KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS | |
| maggunting | haircutting ceremony |
| magkawin | wedding |
| magtammat | graduation from studies in the Qur’an |
| magtapus | 100th day celebration |
| magtimbang | weighing of those born in Sappal |
| pitum bahangi | 7th day celebration |
kāhaˈ
nFrying pan.frying panKosoˈanun kite kāhaˈin pegpirituhan kenna.Wash the frying pan for us to fry fish.kawaˈ120.5Household implements / itemsHousehold implements / items
kākaˈ
nCrab, generic.crab (generic)order: Decapoda section: BrachyuraFound in fresh water. Sometimes crabs in the sea are also called kākaˈ. The sea varieties are whitish underneath and greenish on top, or reddish underneath
and dark gray on top.kagangkensukeykeymango4.3CrustaceansCrustaceans
kānas
nA species of bamboo.Schizostachyum lima and Schizostachyum lumampaoIt is thin, has a diameter of approx. 2 cm, green, tall stems with long sections.
It is used for making woven walls and also for making blow guns. Cebuano: lakap.bamboo, thinEkkaaˈa ngeddoˈ kānas hinangde seyisig.Many people fetch kanas-bamboo to make woven walls.1.4.1BambooBamboo
kāppakāp
advContinually doing s.t.; always doing s.t.Expressing intensity of action as well as duration.continually doing s.t.Aˈahin maglabas hadja pakāp, gaˈi mayam pahaleng.The man just cuts grass continually; he does not look around.Aˈa miyaˈan gey tantu maghinang luwal hadja pakāp ngutang.That person doesn’t work much; he always just continually goes into debt.kansangsigi-sigibasag
kāpan
nFloor.floorPahidanun kāpanin iyuˈ ekka seggitne.Sweep the floor; there is lots of rubbish.19.2Parts of housesParts of houses
kāpilkafir
nUnbeliever; a Visayan; any non-Muslim.unbeliever; Muslim, (non-); non-MuslimEkkadayahan meˈ bangsa kāpilin.Many of the non-Muslim tribes are rich.14.2Men, titles, etc., occupationsMen, titles, etc., occupations
kārang
nStilts (a toy).stilts (a toy)Ekkamākanak magdagey kārang si iskulan.Many children play with stilts at school.27GAMES AND TOYSGAMES AND TOYS
ka-1maka-1ke-
affAbilitative/circumstantial affix in single-argument and antipassive clauses. To be
able to (do s.t.), to happen to (do s.t.).abilitative prefixGaˈikite bikaˈatupeggeˈ dikiˈ-dikiˈ du kite bi.We are not able to challenge (them) because we are small.Kebellikukennaensiniˈ.I was able to buy fish earlier.Kaˈeddoˈmanuk-manukiyeensiniˈ.He was able to get birds earlier.maka1-
ka-31
affAffix changing cardinal numbers into ordinals.Bang kite nambahayang māku-māku kite kahanyangan kaˈissaˈ, si keduwe gey keyipatante Tuhanin.When we worship we ask for peace first, secondly that we will not forget God.Katellumāku-māku kite ledjikiˈ.Thirdly we ask for blessing.Katellunen māku-māku kite ledjikiˈ.Thirdly (lit. its third) we ask for blessing.Kalimenen kalumaˈanin ubus ne eggas.The fifth (lit. its fifth) village was burnt.
2affPrefix with numerals. It signifies that all items of the number specified are being
talked about.numeral, prefixAndahan ne meˈ pungtinaˈikun kalime.All of my five siblings have wives.Gaˈniyaˈiskul pungtinaˈiku dendehin kaduwe.Both (all) of my two sisters have no schooling.Ubus ne ineggas kalime tumpuk meˈ kalumaˈan malaˈihin.All of the five clusters of houses (villages) there were burnt.Tebbengne kayuhin katellum poˈon.He cut down all three trees.Belline tennunin kada baˈul.She bought one entire chest full of weaving.
3ka-#-an-an1
affAffix occurring with nouns and adjectives expressing the (perceived) state of the
subject.The affixed word says something about the state of the subject of the clause or how
it affects the subject.Kaˈulanankami si lān.We were rained on on the road.Kagabunan punuhin.The mountain is covered with clouds.Kamamisanku si bāng-bāng iyan.Those cookies are sweet to me.Kabuhuk-buhukannebuwaˈkayu miyaˈan.Much of that fruit is rotten.Gaˈikukamiskinan si aˈa iyan.That person does not seem poor to me.Kahāpanku si lumaˈnen.I like his house (lit. his house seems good to me).
2affVerbal affix with emotion verbs and some cognition verbs in transitive constructions.If the Theme (Experiencer) is the ergative noun phrase and the Nonnuclear Loc (Cause)
is the absolutive noun phrase, the verb takes the ka-#-an.Kalasahanne anaknen.He loves his child.Kaˈaseˈanku papuˈkun peggeˈ bahiˈ ne.I pity my grandmother because she is old.Tuhutku ine-ine kabayaˈanne.I go along with whatever he wants.Kataˈuhankulānhap lumaˈden.I know the way to their house.Nakanak iyan gaˈ niyaˈ kasabutanne.That child does not understand anything.
34affNominal affix for a collective entity; a number of items of the same kind.A place or entity with a collection/number of the same kind of items stated is marked
by ka-#-an. Exceptions are the words for coconut grove lahingan and banana grove uyatan which occur also with -an only. The -an seems to focus on the piece of land planted with trees while the word with ka-#-an focuses on the collection of trees on the piece of land.Lahat miyaˈan lahat kapapuˈan kamihin.That place is the place of our ancestors.Meˈ kaˈusbahan kami meˈ aˈa iyan.Those people are our relatives.Demkabatuhan pangahinanganne lumaˈin.He is building the house in a stony place.Lahatden dem kapunuhan.Their place is in the mountains.Pagtanaˈannen dem kalahingan.He made his rice field in the coconut grove.Lumaˈnen dem kaˈuyatan.His house is in a banana plantation.Luhalahingannen.His coconut grove is extensive.Uyatansine miyaˈan?Whose banana plantation is that?
5affAffix signifying the entirety of the specified place.Tahalaˈ aˈahin kadanglahatan.Everybody from that place has left (lit. people from that entire place).Ubus ne kinelluhan tanaˈkun kadantanaˈan.I have already weeded my rice field, the one entire field.Ubus ne ilabasan bulaknen kadabulakan.All his land has had the grass cut.
kabaˈ-kabaˈ
nButterfly.butterflyorder: LepidopteraNiyaˈkabaˈ-kabaˈ umasek dem lumaˈ, hātinen niyaˈ sōng bisitate.A butterfly happened to enter the house; it means we will soon have a visitor.katel-kellung2.5.1Moths and butterfliesMoths and butterflies
kabal
nFlying lemur.flying lemurCynocephalus volans or C.variegatusEkkakabal palayang bang kohap-kohap.Many flying lemurs fly in the early afternoon.2.1.1Large mammalsLarge mammals
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