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hagamhagam adj Greedy; selfish and won't share. [This kind of a person isn't ashamed to ask for things but when others have a need he won't share.] see: hanhan; see: magolgol; see: logod 2.
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.
kabugkul n hawk (or hawk-eagle ??). Magolgol to piak ka kabugkul. The kabukul hawk/eagle is greedy for chicks. [Hawk or hawk-eagle resembling a sparrow hawk Described as a smaller than some other members of the banug “hawk/eagle” family. It has having a white head and breast. Nests on cliffs but also may nest at top of a tree. Although it preys on birds, it also eats fish from the river.] gen: banug.
tungul₁ v To be greedy, gluttonous. see fr.: dangas; see: dangas.