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bayongóbong1NounDysentery.2Stative verbma-To have dysentery.See alsoíleskítil 2ógos 3tái
bay-ós
báyosActive Verbman-, i-To call a higher power as witness that one is innocent or that one will refrain from a given crime; often done in private.Ibáyos mon ágew ta adí ka en mangak-ákew.Call the sun as witness that you will not go stealing.
bay-ótangActive Verbman-To hang or swing by the hands, of people or monkeys, as from a ledge, branch, someone's neck.Adí ka man manbay-ótang tan mag-ás ka mo mapotlóng din pangá ay sána.Don't hang by your hands because you will fall when that branch breaks.Synonymbay-ósbay-ótangSee alsoagádang 2báteydánglakagálinglangtáypakdá
bayyóg1NounChanted prayer for prosperity.2Active Verbman-To chant the prayer for prosperity before the meal at obáya and pedít feasts.See alsobal-íwbontági 1dagóday-éngeyáey 2kansiyón 2lang-áylay-óslóngdo
bayyókaNounPig feeding trough.member of setbatbátan
béas1Active Verb-enTo abandon an area to weeds.2Stative verbma-Underbrush, overgrown, unweeded area.Komaníti di odán sin nabéas.The rain makes a rustling sound in the underbrush.See alsobellángékatgabgábkádataáw
bébe1Active Verbi-To soak, as seeds before planting, vegetables, part of body, not clothes.Ibébe da din págey si makatló ono makalimá ay ágew.They soak the rice for three or five days.
bébe2NounPine tree.See alsobolíbo
bebéwes1NounAnt.2Stative verbma-To be full of ants, as a piece of food.member of setébekaliblibóto2kotónlákeytiyéngan
bedáy1NounName, nickname, often having a humorous or negative connotation.2Active Verb-an, i-To name someone or something, gen. in addition to or replacing the original name.Sis-iyá di namdáy sin ngadngádan di bówan.It is he who named the names of the months.Inibdáy da en Bokilis.They named him Bokilis.See alsobalín2 1báliw3bolíwlomán3ngádan
bedbéd1NounSomething wrapped around head or limb, as headband, beads, tourniquet.2Active Verbman-To wear around the head.Nanbebedbéd si kondíman.He is wearing a red headband.3Active Verbi-To wrap something, esp. around head.Inbedbéd na sin boók na.She wrapped it around her hair.4Active Verb-anTo wrap around something, as a wound.member of setbaábinoltóngbinoslánkambayádokinadángyankóbakondímanlónaspinángsaspinláksinalibóbosinolámantinnotówanés 3See alsobistokólbotíbotéweskalogóngkómon 2latílat 2líbotlókyaspotípotsokdóng 2
beddénNounPolitical boundary, as city limits.
bédidActive Verb-an, i-To spit in such a way that the spit scatters, as when trying to get something out of one's mouth in a hurry.
beéy1NounHouse or home, of a person or animal; container where something is normally kept.Ingális ko din asín tan nagópak botílya ay beéy na.I transferred the salt because the bottle where it is normally kept broke.2Active Verbman-, -om-1To live, reside.See alsokámpo3Active Verb-om-1, i-To take a wife and establish a separate household.
beéy di anákid
begásNounPounded rice.
begbégActive Verb-om-3, -enTo hit with the heel of the fist.
bége1Active Verb-om-2To induce craziness, as certain mushrooms eaten out of season.2Active Verb-enTo drive someone crazy.3Stative verbma-To be crazy, metally deranged.SynonymángawbagláwSee alsopispisíta
begéw1NounReason, cause.2Conjunctionman- (optional)Due to, on account of, because of.Mansidáak sin manók tan begéw si Tokman ay mansakít.I will butcher the chicken on account of Tokman who is sick.Nan-íbaw da Wilma en Elaine ay manbegéw di áyam ay pan-asipósan da.Wilma and Elaine fought because of the toy they were both snatching at.See alsolawánpanggép
begyás1Active Verb-enTo give someone or something a start.2Stative verbma-To give a start, as when waking suddenly from a nightmare, coming upon a corpse, having a knife drawn on you.Adí kayó iegyaegyát, tan mabegyás, kaibiglá ay man-óga.Don't keep frightening her with it, because she will give a start, she will suddenly start to cry.
beká1Active Verbman-, -om-4, -enTo harvest, dig up camote.Manbeká takó kanó si loktó yo.They say we are to harvest your camote.Mabalín ay bekaén yo din inis-ék ko ay namangpangó.You can dig up the camote I planted earlier.
beká2Active Verbi-To bury someone or something under the ground.
bek-ágActive Verbi-To throw down, let fall, of heavy things, as a load of wood.Kaibek-ágak sin kaltón.I abruptly threw down the box.
bekás1Active Verbman-To plant rice seed, by any method.specesékSynonymbonóbonpadógpadóg 3member of setgáyadsapówak