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banitbít
baníyasNounMonitor lizard.See alsoalollotíittangka 1tangka 2
bannaít1NounBarbed fish hook.2Active Verbmang-, -enTo fish with barbed hook and line, esp. for eels.See alsoátebbagídayebéngtapán
banóg
banól1NounWorth, value.2Adjectivena-Valuable, costly.Nabanbanól din ballitók mo din gambáng.Gold is more valuable than copper.3Active Verbman-To be worth.4Active Verb-enTo value.
ban-ótActive Verb-om-4, -anTo tear off in the teeth, as a piece of meat, grass while grazing.See alsogayetgétkamíwetkan-ótkatkat 2kayetkét 2ketébketébngitngítngitngíttedted 2
bantaláanNounPlant with long, flexible stem, used for tying once outer sheath has been removed.See alsoalínewapíddágomewéyikét 1kílaykompilétlinggéslittokólóbidsinólidtaónay 3waká
baókokNounType of fruit with five seeds, having a very sour taste.
baóntime pastLong ago.See alsoabáog2ed nabaón
báon1NounFood prepared to eat away from home.2Active Verbman-, -enTo take something to eat away from home, as on a trip.3Active Verbi-To give to someone for his lunch.Synonymsengét2
báos1
báos21NounSpit of a snake.2Active Verbman-, -anTo hiss, as a cat; to spit, of snakes, said to kill if it hits the skin.
báotActive Verb1man-To be under pressure and thus painful, as a boil.Manbáot din danóm di bóyoy.The fluid of the boil is under pressure.2-enTo mourn something, as a death.Baótem din nateyán di gayyém mo.You are mourning the death of your friend.
basáActive Verb-om-3, -enTo wet someone or something.See alsoebákkebésabáligseléptenéptol-áw
básaActive Verb1man-, -enTo read something.Etgám san kíngki ta masiláwan san basbasáem.Light that lamp so what you are reading will be illuminated.2-omi-3,4, i-To read something aloud, as to an audience.Mo man-ibása ka, omalágey ka ay ostó.When you read aloud, stand up properly.Omibása ka si toló ay istólya.Read (me) three stories.
basábas
básang1NounUnmarried young woman.babassáng2AdjectivePretty, beautiful, of women.Sik-á di kababasángan.You are the most beautiful.3Active Verb-om-1To become a young woman.Synonymbalásangbásang
bas-áwActive Verbman-To talk without making sense, with no apparent connection between sentences.Manbas-áw kan sámet íman.I think you're really talking without making sense.
basbás11Active Verb-enTo unravel, undo, as stitching, a seam.2Stative verbma-To be unravelled, with threads coming out; does not apply to basket weaving.
basbás2Stative verbmai-To fall and crack or split, as a tree, bamboo, banana plant, not a bottle; to fall against something, as a person.Naibasbás sin bató ay doy.It fell and split on that rock.
básiNounSugar cane wine.See alsoasókal 2balbál1dápilintíonásossokáwaswás1
básig1AdjectiveChildless, barren.2Active Verb-om-2To cause childlessness.3Active Verb-enTo make someone childless.See alsoalágeygánakpíka 2
bas-íl1locativeThe other side, as of a mountain ridge, page, body of water; gen. out of sight.2Active Verb-om-1To go to the other side.3Stative verbma-To be on the other side.See alsodemáng
bas-íng1NounSickness due to repeated sexual immorality, caused by a spirit; person must offer the money demanded by the spirit with a prayer in which he lists the names of all the women he violated.2Stative verbma-To get the above sickness.Synonymbas-íngdas-ílSee alsoaníto 2dengáw 2dílosdódo2ládo 3lága2obáya 2pakdé 4pakedlánpótoksápo4selmengánsengílsingíltopngáltop-óy
báskitNounBasket.member of setákobkolbóngpitátisegyáp