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higtok n A very tiny mosquito that comes out and bites, especially in the early evening. [It also swarms around animals at night.] clf. for: hilam.
higup v To slurp; sip or drink something noisily, such as soup, Ka mgo Pilipino, batasan dan to ogmaraging ka poghigup dan to sabow. As for Filipinos, it is their custom to noisily slurp their soup.
higwak 1n Concave carved side of a kalasag shield. 2deriv n A locust.
hii interj Expression: “look here; see this”
hikot 1n That by which something is attached to another object, such as a rope or piece of rattan. Manio to pigbigtow now ka hikot to gakit ku? Why did you break/snap the rope/rattan by which my raft was attached [to the shore]. [The other end may be attached to another object or be used to drag the object.] 2v To tether or tie by a leash (as chicken, horse). Hikoti no ka kambing su ogpango-on to pinamula. Tie the goat to something because it is eating the plants. spec: gotol. 2.1v To be tethered. 3v (Fig.) To reserve or have "dibs" on something so someone else will not get it first. see: indan 2. 4vs (Fig.) To become entangled in, as in one's problems or difficulties. Ko kò koy ogkohikotan to mgo igbaybayari.. If we are not entangled by sufferings..
hilabi adv Superlative particle; most, very much, especially.
hilabot deriv.: labot 2. deriv v To mess with, bother someone or something. (Extended meaning) To mate with or have sexual relations with someone. see fr.: kulì 5.
hilam n Mosquito. clf: higtok.
hilamon 1v To cut grass, clear ground of weeds. [ck if cutting grass is the same word. Maybe it depends whether one is attempting to remove the grass by cutting it at the ground?? Also, does this word mean to remove weeds or just to cut them down??] 2n weeds Ogka-aras si Inò to kamot din su dakol ka hilamonon to homoy rin. Mother is frustrated with her field because her rice has many weeds. 3v To weed as a garden or field. Ogkagi rin to ogkara-at ka homoy rin su konò ogko-ubus no oghilamonon. She says that her rice will be wasted because she cannot finish weeding [the field].
hilas v To slice.
hilit n A field house (in addition to main house in the village.)
hillop v To pull back and inside, as head of a turtle. Oghillop ka ulu to bo-u-u. The head of a turtle is pulled back and inside [its body]. Ka ulod no ogtagù to lugì, songo oghillop dod The snake which goes inside a hole, it also pulls back and inside [its hole]. [The sense seems to be of a backwards motion as the turtle retreats to its shell or a snake pulls its head back into a hole. The conponents of meaning seem to be “pull back and inside”.] osyn: konsong 2.
hilos v 1To massage the body. 2To smooth out and flatten Ko mahapun on, oghiloson to bagal ka sikan no doun to baluy oyow ogka-alikid. In the afternoon, the leaves of the baluy are smoothed out and flattened with a corn cob so they can be tightly rolled up.
hilow 1adj Raw, uncooked, unripe. 2adj Not yet ripe; unripe. 3v Eat anything that normally is cooked, i.e. (rice.) 4n Forest, [world ??].
hilu n Poison. osyn: gamut 1.
hilut₁ see fr.: bingbing 2.
hilut₂ 1n Noose. Du-on otow no nigto-on to hilut diò o salag to limukon. No na-alow din on on ka limukon no nohilut ka li-og no nabingbing on. Someone places a noose beside the nest of a dove. Then he shooed the dove and then the neck of the dove was caught in the noose because the noose tightened around its neck. 2n Rattan rat trap. 3To bridle horse.??
hilut₃ v Straighten bones, adjust bones, massage.
himalò vs To be disappointed. [If someone gives you something and then takes it away, you will be disappointed.] see fr.: taligpuga; see: bunlug.
himamat v To envision, have a vision.
himasad v Ornamented, decorated, dressed up person.
himoloy 1v To rest. 2n A place to rest.
himonu v To pity, feel sorry for. Kohimonui a nu. Have pity on me.
himos v To pick up and put away things.
himu 1v Do. Na-akoban ka oghimuon ta porom no an-anayan no na-aloy ki diò to dangob no warò ta nato-ori. That which we would have done at the beginning was supplanted (lit. layered or covered over) and so then we were distracted to something else so that we didn't accomplish [what we started out to do]. 2v make 3v To be made or given a position Diò to kanami, woy ogkatahuron noy ko noimu on no pogbuyagon. In our place, we don't show respect [to someone] unless they have been made a leader. 4v To make something from something else. Di kunto-on, ka balanghuy on ka oghimuon no agkud. But these days, cassava is now being [used] to make agkud. 5The process of making something 6Ko ogkapongaan to poghimu to darua no allow, bali ogkako-on ka sikan no agkud. When two days of [this] process has been completed, finally that agkud can be eaten.