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betáng21NounAllotted role, task, portion.Say betáng mo, amágem din pan-emsán.Your task, you are to make the place for bathing.2Active Verb-om-4Part of a task, portion.See alsobáta 2bíngaybówadol-ín 2dótokkálatkap-éngtódingwakíwakwálas 2watwát
betbétActive Verbman-, -om-4, -en, i-To cut, slash, as with a swing of a bolo.Palálo kas anák! Manbetbét ka yan maipapaksáw.You're a child who is just too much! You cut and it always misses.Binetbét ko nan gadingngán ko.I cut my wrist.See alsobesát 2getádkesátlóngodpóyosipát
béteng1Active Verb-om-2To be intoxicating.2Active Verbi-To spend on getting drunk.3Stative verbma-To be, get drunk.See alsobosógedád 1
betíl1NounFamine.2Active Verbman-To starve.Manbetíl da tan íwed di kanén da.They are starving because they have nothing to eat.See alsodagáang
béwegActive Verbman-, i-To accompany each other in a group; to go with someone in a group.
bewétNounLarge rodent.
bey-áng
bey-angán ágewNounEast.See alsodipósan di ágewságod
beyéngActive Verb-enTo dam up water.
bibil-óNounButterfly, moth.
bíbitActive Verb-enTo open up, hold out, or unfold and look at, as hair when searching for lice, new clothes, paper money, book.Din lakóam ay bádo, bibítem ta iláem tan mo nabisngít.The clothing you buy, unfold it to look at it in case it is torn.
bídaNounSmall slug-like larva often found on cabbage leaves.See alsobígiskowáng 1tadtádo
bídangActive Verb-om-1To burn with a steady flame.Bakén manbídang, siyát mamgaán.It won't burn, it has to dry.See alsobiladláddayabdáb
bidkíngActive Verb-enTo pick up, carry something light (with one or both hands).Ay wáday mamidkíng sin togáw ay nay?Will someone carry this chair?specegén
bídok1Active Verb-enTo blow up by mouth, as a balloon, air mattress.2Stative verbma-To be blown up; sometimes used humorously to refer to a full bladder.See alsobómbabositsít 3pegít
bidóngNounBladder.
bigát1time futureTomorrow.See alsoaggéw 2benábongbongógábiskingáw1palintóodpat-áwakáwakyádang2Active Verbmang-, -enTo do early; to have breakfast.Ay mamigát ka ay man-oblá?Will you start work early?Mo way nabay-án ay oblá, así kamí bigatén.If there is work left to do, then we'll do it early.Sínoy pamigát takó?What will we have for breakfast?
bígaw1Active Verbman-To be thirsty.Ólay mo man-od-odán yan makabígaw ka.Even though it is raining you can get thirsty.2Stative verbmai...anTo have one's thirst quenched.Maibigáwan ka ngin ólay mo at-atík di inomém.Your thirst may perhaps be quenched even though you drink only a little.
bígis1NounMaggot; hairy caterpillar; often used in wider sense of any larvae that attack plants.2Stative verbma-To be infested with maggots, larvae.
biglá1AdjectiveSudden, without warning.Biglá dedán ay naipakáan da sin íli da, isónga magáy timpó da ay mangisagána si báon da.Obviously they were suddenly caused to leave their town, so they had no time to prepare food for the trail.Bigláy inyát na ay matéy.Sudden was the way he died.(biglá, mabiglá)2Stative verbma-,ma...anTo be taken by surpise, taken without warning.Nanlablabí din sosoldádo ay inméy ed Baguio et nabigláan din kaíbaw da.The soldiers went during the night to Baguio and their enemies were taken by surprise.3Active Verb-enTo do suddenly.Biniglá na ay namokát sin tangéb.He suddenly opened the door.See alsoatángadágosetngákokonnálegém1sedáawsengáng 2tóod2
bígot1Active Verb-om-2To cause thinness.2Stative verbma-To be thin.
bíkaNounKind of bamboo used for basketry, stronger than ánes but less plentiful.See alsoánesbanbánkawáyan 2
bikáod
bíkas1Active Verb-om-1To become strong.2Adjectivema-Physically strong.Mabíkas ka ay mandán.You are strong to walk (i.e. a strong walker).antkápoy
bikbíkActive Verb-om-3, -enTo cuff, tap with the side of the fist or back of hand.Synonymkid-ót