balance something, tosimbang 2.1vi., vtTo balance oneself, a boat, or objects; to distribute weight equally.Nagke-keb tanira tenged anday panimbang. They capsized because there was no one balancing the boat.Gamiten mo naning tambilog pang baldi agod may ipasimbang mo atan ong tambilog.Use this bucket so you have something to balance the other one with.ov. syn.balansi21.2balansi22.1balansi21.1statBalanced, with weight equally distributed.Belag ta balansi tang kasil tang motor, midio madaling magke-keb.The outriggers of the boat aren't balanced, it seems it will easily flip over.
balanced, to bebalansi21.1statBalanced, with weight equally distributed.Belag ta balansi tang kasil tang motor, midio madaling magke-keb.The outriggers of the boat aren't balanced, it seems it will easily flip over.
ballbola11.1rel. wrd.bilog11.3bola11nBall.Linipat da tang molang asia tang bola amen tongayna.That little boy lost our ball earlier.ebeb 1.1vi., vtTo scrunch one's body over; to curl one's body up in a ball; for a chicken to sit in her nest with her wings curled over her body.Gebeb tang mola ong planggana mga agdigon.The baby scrunchesitsbody over in the basin when it's being bathed.Gebeb da tang mano don ong poyad, sigoro mangi-yoy da.The chicken is sitting in the nest, maybe she's about to lay an egg.May dogo na ra tang ki-yoy, sigoro naebeban da ta tolong labi.The egg has blood in it, maybe it's already beensaton for three nights.rel. wrd.barikotot 1.1barikotot 1.1ilelem 1.1
ball peen hammer (thisdibola 1.1nBall peen hammer. (This is a hammer with a rounded head, rather than a flat, divided head. That is why it is called a dibola meaning, 'with a ball'. It is used for breaking up rocks into smaller pieces, which can then be used for cement work.)
ballsbilog11.3rel. wrd.bilog11rikodo 1.1sirkolo 1.1vtTo roll something into small, round balls.Bilog-bilogon mo ta masinlo tang lotokon mong palotaw.Roll the palotaw balls you will cook into nicely shapedballs.rel. wrd.bola11bola-bola
balls of sticky rice or root cropspalotaw21.1nSmall doughy balls made of various root crops, sticky rice, and sugar.
bambooamikil 1.1nThe small growths on a bamboo trunk which produce new shoots and leaves.kawayan 1.1rel. wrd.bi-lak 1.1kawayan 1nBamboo.rel. wrd.bolok 1.1patong 1.1siling 1.1lawagan 1.1nA drainpipe made of long, hollow bamboo; a gutter on a roof.Ang palangogatan kaministiran boatan ta lawagan agod ang wi ay diritso ong kanal.The area for washing dishes needs to have a bamboodrainpipe made for it so that the wastewater goes directly into the canal.ov. syn.taralogan21.1
bamboo growths on trunkamikil 1.1nThe small growths on a bamboo trunk which produce new shoots and leaves.
bamboo on roof, cross-wisepaosoy21.1nThe short, crosswise pieces of bamboo tied on top of a thatched roof to keep the woven shingles flat and prevent them from peeling back in the wind or blowing off. (This term is also used about a fence, but in that case it refers to the upright, vertical posts.)Antbalabag 2.1pangkapit21.1
bamboo on roof, horizontalpangkapit21.1synbalabag 2.1pangkapit21rel. wrd.balabag 1pangkapit21paosoy11nThe long, horizontal pieces of bamboo tied on top of a thatched roof to keep the woven shingles flat and prevent them from peeling back in the wind or blowing off.Korang tang nabelak-belak ang pangkapit ong katep.The number of horizontalpiecesofbamboo for the roof which were split are not enough.Antpaosoy21.1ov. syn.balabag 1balabag 2.1nThe long, horizontal pieces of bamboo used on a thatched roof to keep it flat and prevent it from blowing off; the horizontal rails of a fence.Antpaosoy21.1synpangkapit21
bamboo pipe/gutterlawagan 1.1nA drainpipe made of long, hollow bamboo; a gutter on a roof.Ang palangogatan kaministiran boatan ta lawagan agod ang wi ay diritso ong kanal.The area for washing dishes needs to have a bamboodrainpipe made for it so that the wastewater goes directly into the canal.ov. syn.taralogan21.1
bamboo stripsbi-lak 1.1nBamboo strips or slats, used for flooring, fencing, etc.Bi-lak tang gamit ong kodal ni Mr. Jose.The fence of Mr. Jose was made of bamboostrips. rel. wrd.kawayan 1
bamboo strips across rafterskataw 1.1nBamboo strips attached perpendicular to the rafters of a roof. (The roofing shingles are tied onto these bamboo strips.)
bamboo stumps/postspotog 1.1rel. wrd.adili 1.1posti 1potog 1nStumps of bamboo.Mga mame-peta tang kawayan, teran mo tang potog na.If you cut down some bamboo, leave their stumps.
bamboo thornlama 1.1nBamboo thorn; the thorny tops of a bamboo plant.Magtagdeko rin ta mga lama ang pakanlayan tang lindoakong sitaw.I'll stick some thornybambootops in the ground to make a trellis for the string beans that I have planted.
bamboo wallingsawali 1.1nWoven, split-bamboo walling material. (It is made from bolok, a kind of small-diameter bamboo. The poles are split open, cleaned, and then flattened before being woven. This type of walling is thicker and stronger than amakan walling.)Pagta-tad tanandia ta bolok para boaten ang sawali. He is splitting the bolok bamboo in order to make sawaliwallingmaterial.rel. wrd.amakan 1.1amakan 1.1nWoven, split, bamboo walling material. (It is similar to sawali but thinner and more tightly woven. It is made from bamboo which has been cleaned and then split into long narrow strips.)rel. wrd.sawali 1.1