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lapay-ángActive Verbman-To sit with knees spread, feet touching.See alsosakáangsakil-áng
laplápActive Verb-om-4, -enTo cut a slice from a flat surface, of meat.Lomapláp ka kod issán lamés si kitkittóy.Please cut a small slice from that meat.See alsogesgésgipgíplátip
lapólapActive Verbman-To wriggle on stomach, of a child not yet able to crawl.Overlaping Synonymbódos
lápti1NounStringy edge of gabi leaf or string from string bean.2Active Verb-om-4, -anTo peel off the stringy edge of gabi leaf; to remove the ends and string from beans.See alsogel-ádkeláy 2ket-íbokís 2
lasángStative verbma-To be a widow, widower.See alsoesáláos
lásangActive Verb-enTo poach, illegally kill an animal.Linásang da din ogsá.They killed the deer illegally.See alsoawítdagás3etéyiwík 2lekíogópesé
lásapActive Verbman-, -enTo go out at night in search of a sexual partner, of animals, humans.See alsoálem 2daképdíga2iyótnínipet
las-íActive Verb1-om-3, -anTo pass, overtake, as on the trail, in rate of growth.Linas-íana din dáit na sin nadakdak-án da.He passed his companions in their growth.2-om-3, -anTo assume a prerogative that rightly belongs to someone else.Wáda di tongtóng. Sis-iyá di mangiósay komá, mon así ka las-ían sis-iyá. Sik-á di mangiósay.There is a court case. He is the one who ought to adjudicate it, but then you assume his rightful prerogative. You adjudicate it.
lási1Active Verb-om-1To go off, distance oneself, as from one's companions.Lomalási si Pedro mo? Adí maitapí sin gáit na.How come Pedro stays away? He doesn't join his companions.2Active Verb-enTo lose someone, as in a crowd.Lasíen takós Carlos mo eméy takó ed Baguio.Let's lose Carlos when we go to Baguio.3Stative verbma-To be missing in the sense of separated from the rest of the group.Nalási dis bákam.That cow of yours is missing from the group.
las-ígActive Verb-om-1, i-To climb over a fence; climb over a fence with something.
las-íganNounStile over fence.See alsopasból
lásinActive Verb1man-To be in a separate category, set apart, as an employee with higher salary than his companions, a larger portion in an unequal division of rice.Nanlásinak sin lagbó.I am in a separate category as far as salary.2i-To separate, set apart, as one thing from another.Ilásin mo din daddadakké ay manók ta maipowíla.Separate the large chickens so they will be excluded.3man-To distinguish, tell apart.Adíak met mailásin di pangpangóan sin iyógtan, tan nan-iisó da.I can definitely not distinguish the older sibling from the younger, because they're identical.See alsobekénkalási 2kal-ín2kálsigkasín2kolíntasláksig 2mátonpásig2sían 2tekén 2
laslás1Active Verb-an, i-To scour, as a pot.Laslásam ta makáan di págit.Scour it so the soot comes off.See alsogadgád1gaságasgásanggasgás 2gasígasgidgíd 1godgód1gosógoskelát 1kiskís1 2kitkítkoskóslampáso 2lislísloslós2sobsób
laslás2Active Verb-om-4, -anTo break off, as a smaller branch or twig, leaves from runo.Laslásam pingín di kapí.Break off the twigs of the coffee bush.Synonymloslós1See alsolodlód2posngík
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las-ót1Active Verb-enTo unhook, remove from projection, as an umbrella hung over a nail.Estém ay mangisab-ít tan mo malas-ót.Be careful in hanging it on the hook lest it come off.antsab-ít2Adjectivena-Out of sight over the top, of people climbing a hill.Ánggay nalas-ót das di.They're already out of sight over the top over there.
lasóyActive Verb-om-3, -en, i-To belittle, depreciate, disparage, look down on, criticize; by extension, to reject.Adí ka laslasoyén en mayap-éw, kapiyána ay madam-ét.Don't belittle it as light, to the contrary it's heavy.Adí kalaslasóy di apát Pedro, mon kambáw étek.Pedro's talk is not to be belittled, but surprisingly it's lies.Din kalasoyán Pedro, ad-adóy étek na.What Pedro is to be criticized for is his many lies.Din panlasoyák en Pedro, maétek.The reason I look down on Pedro is that he is a liar.See alsodéyayíngel 3yamyám
láta1NounCan, esp. a kerosene can.2Active Verb-enTo put in a can.
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lat-édActive Verb-om-1To become swollen, as a sprained limb.Linmat-éd di takéd di bab-á na.His gums have become swollen.See alsobongkóg 2tolyóy
láti1NounRust.2Active Verbman-, -om-1To rust, become rusty.3Stative verbma...anTo be rusted.See alsogikígik
latíkangActive Verbman-, -om-1To arch in the middle, of vertical things, as a person carrying a heavy load, a child arching his back to fight against being carried, a fence post whose tip is directly over the base but which is bent in the middle.See alsoayódok 1bok-óngbotnók 2dokmógdómogkilló 2lengyátlíkotlíyed 2pak-ángpíkog 3pisyáok 2pokósaddongótang-édtílkongyakó 2yakog-óngyokyók3
latílatActive Verb1man-To wind itself around, as a snake on a branch.2i-To wind progressively around, as a rope around flagpole or horns of water buffalo.See alsobedbéd 4bistokólbotíbotéweskalogóngkómon 2líbotlókyaspotípotsokdóng 2
látingActive Verbman-, -om-4To pick, of heads of grain.
látipActive Verb-enTo slice very thin, as for potato chips.See alsogesgésgipgíplapláp