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díbaActive Verbman-To compare to something in the past; to use something in the past as precedent.
dibídib1NounStrong breeze or wind.2Active Verbman-To be very breezy or windy.3Stative verbma...anTo be blown on by a strong breeze or wind.Lawás di ay pantokdóan - mandibídib.That's a bad place to sit - it's windy (thus chilly).Nadibidíban san maták sin bas.I got a lot of wind in my eyes on the bus.
diblóNounBook.libro
dib-ókActive Verb-anTo blow out, as a candle.
diddídNounType of insect with a transparent body which appears only in dry season.See alsodokdók
dídi1Active Verb-om-2To be too bright, glaring, dazzling as bright sunlight.Domídi din báybay.The ocean is dazzling.2Stative verbma-To hurt from the glare, of the eyes; as from looking at white paper for a long time, not as severe as síli 2.Nadídiak sin segít.My eyes hurt from the glare of the sun.for other words relating to brightness, cf. banáag, boniníing, kagangkáng, koníing, níning, siíp 1, síli 2
didíngNounWall.
díga1
díga2Active Verb1-om-3, -enTo court someone with the object of seducing her.Énak digáen din balásang ay doy.I'm going to court that young lady over there.2i-To say something in courting.
digísNounSpecies of wild plant.
dig-ítActive Verb-anTo pluck out, of human hair.See alsoditdítdog-ótdotdót 2gábotlágitlánolegábpóo 3segéb
digóNounBroth.
digwáyNounMangosteen.
dikálotNounType of rice used in making sticky rice.
dikdíkActive Verb-enTo cluck the tongue to make a water buffalo hurry up.See alsohoysadísos
díketNounGlutinous type of rice.
diknísActive Verb-en, i-To brush against someone or something.Naidiknís din bádok sin págit.My clothes were brushed against the soot.See alsodengpédongpádongpálsikdónsikgíttikgádtópatopák
díko
dílaNounTongue.See alsoakmódiládiltidlá
diládilActive Verbman-To waggle tongue outside mouth, as baby; to flick tongue in and out, as a snake.See alsoakmódílatidlá
dílasActive Verb-om-2, -enTo make the tongue raw or sore, as raw pineapple.
dilóNounHoney.
dílosActive Verbman-, -om-3, -enTo sacrifice an animal to cure a sick person.Mandílos ka sin nowáng.Perform a sacrifice of the carabao for the sick person.Mansidáak si manók ta pandílos Tokman.I will butcher a chicken as a means of curing Tokman.See alsoámlagbótonokápakdépakedlánpótoksángbosápo4selmengán 3sengílsingíltopngáltop-óy
dimálActive Verbi-To distract someone by doing something in his presence, as to keep asking for things while someone is trying to work, children jabbering while their elders are trying to talk.Idimadimál san sólat mo, manngalát ta komá ket.That writing of yours is keeps distracting (me), we really ought to converse.
dimásStative verbma-To be worn away, eroded, as writing, ditch, trail, something carved in rock.Ed níman yan, nadimás din kamán ipogáw sin bató.Nowadays, the thing like a person in the rock has worn away.