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damáActive Verbman-To wrestle.
dámag11NounNews.2Active Verbman-, -enTo hear news; request news, information from someone.Kanána en mandámagak en sik-á mo pig-án di emeyán yo kanó.He said I should ask you when you are going.Dinámag ko en Gustíng en wáday bas.I heard from Gusting that there is a bus.Damágena kanó mo iláko yo din manók yo.He is asking whether you will sell your chicken.Lawáy anák si pandamágan.A child is a bad one to ask news from.3Active Verbi-, ipa-To report, inform of something.Indámag na en sak-én en wáday bas.He informed me that there was a bus.
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damdámActive Verbi-To bake sweet potatoes under the coals of a fire.
damdamáParticleEmphatically indicates disapproval or objection.Omdás di kalí damdamá; bakén siyát takkáy.Words will suffice, for Pete's sake; fists aren't necessary. Particles of Objection
dam-étAdjectivema-Heavy.Madam-ét mon padásek ay manggén.It is heavy but I will try to carry it.Synonymdagsén
dámo1AdjectiveFirst.Sin dámo ya maódi ay ágew, masápol ay matópog kayó.On the first and last day, you must gather together.2AdverbAt first, originally; first time to do something.Sínoy inis-ék yo sin dámo?What did you plant originally?Damdámok ay man-inóm si tápey.It's my first time to drink rice beer.See alsopilmído
damódamStative verbTo be blurred, indistinct, as faded writing.Ánggay madamdamódam tan nabayág ay naisólat.It's already indistinct because it has been written for a long time.
damókoNounSpecies of wild plant.
dampák1NounSide or face of a flat object, as a coin or rock.Ilaslás mo din esáy dampák na.Rub the other side (coin) on it.2Active Verb-enTo flatten.3Stative verbma-To be flat, as a coin, someone's face.See alsodampilákmikmíkpitpít1taltáltiktík2
dampilákStative verbma-To be flattened, of metal.See alsodampákmikmíkpitpít1 1
dampológStative verbma-To fall down heavily, esp. a water buffalo after being axed.See alsobowágetéb 3kólso 1maletmét 2otpóktokángtóyonwaláng
dan1NounTrail, path.See alsobanéngbangkágbengét 3dángkagíngitígidkalsádalayéwlíbangobóbanpakpák1payéwpegásebáng(dánan)2Active Verbman-, -enTo walk, take a particular route; to flow, as water; to go, pass through a certain area, as a typhoon or a bus.Mandán di bas ed Balakbak.The bus passes through Balakbak.Adí ka sagaksáken--adí ka dánen din danóm ay sána.Don't walk through it--don't walk through that water.3Active Verbi-To convey along a route; when focused item is oneself, it is left implicit.Idán mo sin matíkid.Take the trail that goes uphill.See alsodad-án
dánag1Active Verbman-To worry.2Stative verbma...anTo be worried.
danapdápActive Verbman-, -om-1To walk heavily, with a loud step.Adí ka mandanapdáp ay mandán, tan mabalága si áding mo.Don't walk with such a loud step, because your little sister will wake up.SynonymdanapdápdanegdégSee alsosagodsódsekád
dandán1Stative verbma-Several, of units of time, esp. days.nadandán ay ágew could refer to anything from several days to several weeks.2Active Verbmang-, -om-1, -enTo do several times, oftenAy nanandán din odán isná?Does it often rain here? [past]Nanandának ay eméy ed Takadang.I have often gone to Takadang.Mo domandandán ay emeeméyak ed Bagabag, ammoák din dánan.If I keep going to Bagabag a number of times, I will come to know the road.See alsoadó1anákgáyad 2gáygayginag-ákanáyonlam-édnam-áy 4owáy1 2píngsan1n.c.
dandaníAdverbAlmost, nearly; soon.Dandaní si álas síngko.It is almost five o'clock.Dandaní ay man-áni kamí.We will soon harvest rice.Synonymnganngáni
danég1NounBundle, of rice or other grain.2Active Verb-enTo bundle, of rice or other grain.Synonymdan-gántan-áySee alsolabédóyon 3pengpéng 1tan-áy 2(dan-gén)
danegdég
dan-gánNounPlace where harvested rice is stacked for bundling.Synonymdanég 2tan-áy-an
dánganmeasureSpan, distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger.for other measures of distance, cf. depá, píya, polgáda
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dang-ésStative verbma...anTo be partially spoiled, as meat, milk, rice, sweet potato.Ánggay nadang-esán din gátas.The milk is already partially spoiled.
dángewNounRice weevil.See alsobabáte 2bokbók2leklék1 2patéte 2
dánggo1NounGreen onion.2Active Verb-anTo add green onion to something.See alsobáwangkótsayláyalengálikádo 2sibóyas