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linósNounWatch.reloj
lintégNounLaw.See alsobíliniyéw 1páto2tógon
línya1NounLine, row.In-ólnos na sin dowáy línya ay nanpatpátag.He arranged it in two lines parallel to each other.2Stative verbma-To be lined up.Apáy nga malínya kayó ay makigobát?Why are you lined up to fight.3Active Verb-anTo make a line by or on something.See alsogilítgólit
lípaActive Verb-enTo choose by a method of chance, as by drawing lots, picking names from a hat.Lipáen da din mangá sin toláy.They will choose by a method of chance the one who gets the leadership.
lípadNounHip.See alsoamléng
lípegNounRice left in the bottom of rice beer jar.
lipílActive Verb-en, i-To repair.Lipilém beéy mo tan doy natatáng-i.Repair your house because there it is slanting sideways.Synonymadiglárepair
lipítAdjectivena-Narrow, as a bench, trail.antannawáSee alsosepítsokóng
lípotActive Verb-om-3, -anTo betray, deal treacherously with someone, esp. a relative or close associate.Linipótana ay inpadpáp na sin kaíbaw na.He betrayed him by causing him to be captured by his enemies.See alsoétekkíled 2lítik 2óyotsápit 3sowítik 2
lísem
lísiActive Verb1man-, -om-1, -om-3To go away, move out of the way, move aside.Lomísi ka mo gaám ay manngé.Go away if you don't want to hear it.Lomísi ka kod tan nay magáy pandának.Please move out of my way because here now I have no place to walk.2i...anTo avoid, evade, escape from (someone or something); to get out of someone's way.linkkiw-ángkotíwtiw
lisíbiActive Verb-om-3, -enTo receive, accept, welcome, of persons.See alsoáwat2dawátdáwat1innípadmángya1recibir
liskíngAdjectiveSmall-sized, of full-grown animal or person; implies smaller than average.
lislísActive Verb-om-4, -anTo remove the sheath from a runo stalk; to shave head.See alsogadgád1gaságasgásanggasgás 2gasígasgidgíd 1godgód1gosógoskelát 1kiskís1 2kitkítkoskóslampáso 2laslás1loslós2sobsób
lispáAdjectivena-Dead, euph. syn. for etéy, used only in mourning songs.
listá1NounList.(listáan)2Active Verb-enTo list something.Listáem din ngadngádan di ipogáw.List the people's names.3Active Verbi-To add someone or something to a list.Ilistám kod sak-én.Please add me to the list.4Active Verbmanpa-To enroll, register, enlist.
litagwáNounPerson; used only in day-éng.Synonymipogáwkityágo
lítaw1Active Verb-enTo lose something2Stative verbma-To be missing, lost (stresses lost condition rather than agent of loss).
litébNounGate.Synonympasból
líteng11Adjectivema-Cool in climate or temperature.Malmalíteng san kapí, ipaátong yo.That coffee is cool, heat it.2Active Verb-om-1To become cool, as a cup of coffee.See alsobáewlingáew 3pelnáewsegílsekáw 3songáwteg-ín 2tétektolínek3Adjectivema-Healthy, not sickly; healthful.Malmalíteng íman san anák mo.That child of yours is really (complimentary particle) healthy.antsálot
líteng2AdjectiveDeserted, as a house; isolated, as a place with no inhabitants.Inméyak ed beéy da yan kalilíteng ay magáy ipogáw.I went to their house and it was deserted, there being no people.for other words relating to isolation, cf. bos-óng, dalintáang, dólin, sólika- + CV
lítik1NounCheating.2Active Verb-enTo cheat, as in school, salesclerk cheating employer by filching cigarettes; to deal treacherously with someone, as by stabbing him in the back.Adí ka litlitíken di ib-ám.Don't cheat your fellow man.See alsoétekkíled 2lípotóyotsápit 3sowítik 2
litnókActive Verb1man-To glare, look with anger.See alsoángat2man-To roll one's eyes in disapproval or embarrassment, as in response to an objectionable comment or when girl is being teased by boy.
lítoActive Verbman-To lose baby teeth and get permanent teeth.See alsosengpáwtimám
litón1Adjectivema-Pregnant, of people or animals.Malitón din pangpangóan Esther.Esther's older sister is pregnant.See alsotikdán2Active Verbman-To begin to swell inside the stalk, of a head of grain; stage in the growth of rice between géte and bála.Din bówan di kiyáng, siyá din panlitonán ya panbaláan di págey.The month of June, that's when the head of rice begins to swell inside the stalk and when the individual grains break out from the developed head.