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béngasActive Verb-enTo foretell, prophesy.Synonympadtó
bengdá1NounPoint close to top, as of hill, container.Bengdán di matíkid damdamá na.Come on now, this is close to the top of the upward climb.2Active Verb-enTo fill close to the top.Anggán owát kan bengdáen, tan doy mansepyát.Just fill it close to the top instead, because there it is sloshing over.3Stative verbma-To be filled close to the top.Nabengdá din balílis si danóm.The drum was filled close to the brim with water.linkkápos2peggéy
bengébengActive Verbman-To make a buzzing sound, as a bee, fly.
béngegActive Verbman-To make a humming sound, as an electric motor, fan, spinning top.
bengéngActive Verb-om-To become bloated, of dead things.(bemngéng, binemngéng)
beng-ésActive Verbman-To clear nose of mucous by blowing, using fingers or hanky.
bengét1NounBank, shore; border of field, side of room, bottom of page.2Active Verbmang-To walk in the water along the shore.(mamngét)3Active Verbi-To place by or on the edge, as a plate close to edge of table.See alsobanéngbangkágdan 1dángkagíngitígidkalsádalayéwlíbangobóbanpakpák1payéwpegásebáng(ibngét)
benggékActive Verbman-To snort in anger or warning, as water buffalo or pig when protecting young.See alsoigíigloblóbngekngékpallalákpallilík 2
bengísActive Verb-om-1To sprout up out of the ground.
bengngéyNounTwenty-five pesos.specpilákarch.
bengsílActive Verbman-To smell like a reptile hole, meat of certain reptiles, sliced testicles of a pig or goat, body odor of a westerner to a Filipino.specsongsóng
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beságNounFirst child.See alsoketít
bes-ákStative verbmai-To be descended from something unlike oneself, as mestizo from Caucasian and Oriental parents, humans from apes.Naibes-ák kanó din ipogáw sin káag.They say people are descended from monkeys.
besátActive Verb1man-, -enTo cut down a bunch of bananas.Bestén yo si masdém din baláyang.Cut down the large yellow bananas this afternoon.Sinípod da ay en namsát sin balát yan daán.They cut down the bananas early and they weren't yet (ripe).Manbesát kayó kanó sin balát ta lakóan mi.They said you are to cut down the bananas so we can sell them.2i-To use for cutting down bananas.Say ibsát yo din matadém ay bangíg.Use a sharp bolo for cutting down bananas.See alsobetbétgetádkesátlóngodpóyosipát
besílAdjectivema-Hard, as stone with no cracks in it, narra wood.(mabsíl)
beskáActive Verb-om-1General term for the two days following new moon, stage in lunar cycle between límeng and kayáng, considered the best time to start a major undertaking.member of setpíngsan di lísempipidwán di lísem
beskáyActive Verb-enTo dig in the ground.
besyág1Active Verb-enTo open, spread out in a circle, as wind billows up a dress.2Stative verbma-To be spread open in a circle, as a flower.
betáeyNounInterval, space (time or distance).See alsoaddawíbagalládáwas 3takálla 2
betág1Stative verbma-To be cracked (but not broken), as a bottle, jar.
betág2Stative verbma-To be clear, focused, not blurred, of eyesight.
beták11NounDitch, ravine.2Active Verb-enTo dig, as a ditch.
beták21Active Verb-om-1To burst, erupt, as a blister, boil, skin of ripe fruit, volcano; to germinate, of seeds; to break out, as war.Binomták san naptoán mo?How come that blister burst?Idí siyá di, binomták di gobát.When that was so, war broke out.2Stative verbma...anTo be burst, popped (implies an agent).Nabtakán san bóyoy ko.That boil mine was popped.
betáng1NounSweet potato cutting.See alsobakkadánbangbángbokó 2lántong 2lesáploktósanggáp 2tépektiyén