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bin-í1NounSeed reserved for planting; dry seed.2Active Verb-enTo set aside seed for planting.See alsobótilbowáénab13NounRiddle to which no one else knows the answer.4Active Verbi-To keep the answer to an unguessed riddle to oneself.See alsobontiyápásel 1
binkáag1AdjectiveLoud, clipped, of speech.2Active Verb-enTo speak loudly, at the same time clipping and running words together.Adí ka pag bibinkaágen kalím.Don't be always running your words together in a loud voice.See alsoayásakkingákingngallotóngotngodótayobítib
binkáang
binnówaNounType of coffin.Synonymtinayyáan
binobódanNounSomething as cassava cooked and fermented with yeast.
binoltóngNounBlack headband edged with white, used in burial of old people.specbedbéd
binoslánNounRed or gold loincloth with white stripes, used by old men of high status.specwanés
bintánkinship 1, reciprocal Step sister or step brother, of a sibling with the same father but a different mother.A sibling with the same mother but a different father is called one's agí.
bintínNounTwenty-five centavos.specpilák
bintókoNounBird's craw or crop; also used jokingly of human stomach.See alsobógatbotlíbowáng
bisáangNounPig.member of setbellákaónglokbómókangotíkSee alsobangódagílit
bisagláNounHinge.
bis-ák
bísilNounSand, gravel.SynonymbísildálatláganSee alsolenás
biskél1NounGoiter.2Active Verb-om-2To cause goiter.3Stative verbma...anTo have goiter.Ad-adóy nabiskelán ay ipogáw siná.There are many people here who have goiter.One cause of goiter is traditionally believed to be drinking water from a water hole in which a snake has cooled himself.
bisngáyActive Verb-enTo part the hair, of men.See alsolongáissagáysay
bisngít1Active Verb-om-4, -en, i-, -omi-3To tear, rip, as cloth, paper.Ibisngít mo sin ígid na.Tear it along the edge.Kabisngít din áso sin sápatos mo.The dog suddenly tore your shoes.Omibisngít ka ólay mo wáda di at-atík.Tear me off some even though there's only a little.2Stative verbma-To be torn, ripped.Adí ka ibebébe sin danóm tan mabisngít ay dágos.Don't keep soaking it in the water because it will tear immediately.See alsobasbás1gisláyngikngíksatsát
bissókolNounLargest of the edible, pondfield snails, having a broad-based spiral shell.See alsoagódongbalillikógíngaket-ánkigóngkombíbi1liddégtogíngging
bistáActive Verb-om-3, -en, i-To question, interrogate someone in court.Binistá da din nangákew.They questioned the thief.Synonymbistábistigál
bistigálinvestigar
bistóActive Verb-anTo guess, as a riddle.Bistóam din bontiyák.Guess my riddle.
bistokólNounHelmet, hard hat, such as used by soldiers or miners.See alsobedbéd 4botíbotéweskalogóngkómon 2latílat 2líbotlókyaspotípotsokdóng 2
bítayActive Verb-om-1To be exhausted from crying; to finally stop crying.See alsobowáygaldáygenáw 1illéngkengíkesén2kiláladkóbikos-ótlówaógaolákispalá 2sad-áng 2sebá 2semdékteláy 2yagéwyewyódong
bitbítActive Verb-enTo hold hair up to light so young lice can be seen.
bíteg1NounPoor person.2Adjectivena-Poor.3Active Verb-om-1To become poor.antbaknángOverlaping Synonymngayóngay