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lebásActive Verbi...anTo use an excessive quantity of something; to do something to excess, as to take more than one's fair share, severely abuse or mistreat someoneInilbasánas sólog.He abused her with excessive teasing.Dalasén takó tan ilbás dan tápey.Let's hurry because they'll drink up all the rice beer.Ten-ém, adím lebasén asín.Take it easy, don't overdo the salt.
lebbéngNounRight, authority.Way lebbéng na ay mangitdó sin odóm ay mistoló.He has the authority to instruct the other teachers.
lebéng1NounPondfield with very deep mud; pond, lake.2Active Verb-enTo flood.Say inyát na kanós sa ay linbéng Ápo Diyós din dagá.That's how it happened, they say, that God flooded the earth.3Stative verbma-To be flooded.See alsoban-áwbáybay 1detíkéwanggináwangposóngsengíwageswés(malbéng)
leblébActive Verb-omi-3, i-To immerse, hold under water.Nailebléb din kámerak sin nan-agadángak sin gináwang.My camera was immersed when I crossed the river.
ledáng1Active Verb-om-1To become red, inflamed, sunburned.Ánggay lomdalomdáng din edég ko.My back is already extremely sunburned.
ledáng2NounArrow; single-barbed fishing spear.See alsogayáng 2kásaypánapasósog
ledékActive Verbi-To insert deeply, as seeds in the ground, a stake, dirt in a wound.Inildék mon oláng et siyán doy agáy tomóbo.You inserted the ubi deeply (into the ground) and that's why nothing is growing.Adí ka paldekén din maní mo is-ék mo tan nalígat ay gomábay.Don't put the peanuts deeply underground when you plant them because it will be hard for them to grow.See alsodoydóypadséksaméysedték 3tebéktebéngtedéktódok
ledítStative verbma-To cook down, of vegetables.See alsoeseylaóksaméktapítobtób(maldít)
ledléd1Active Verb-enTo rub off, of body dirt.2Stative verbma-To collect, as in streaks, of body dirt.
legábActive Verb-anTo burn off, set fire to, as underbrush.Mo manlegáb ka sin nabéas, adí kanén din apóy.If you set fire to the underbrush, the fire will not consume it.See alsodig-ítditdítdog-ótdotdótgábotlágitlánopóo
legém1Active Verb-enTo do quickly, with a swift motion, as to run, set something down suddenly.Nilgém da ay nangipáyag sin itlóg, isónga nagópak.They set the eggs down suddenly, so they broke.Adí ka legmelegmén tan maikadós ka.Don't be in such a continual hurry because you will slip (and fall).
legém2Active Verbi-To include a certain group in an action, as children in the distribution of meat.Din man-iwatwát si patpatók, inilgém na din nankababkés ya anan-ák.The one who distributed the meat, he included the women and children.
leglégNounKind of white clay used for washing hair.See alsodagálínanglóbonglótalóyot
lekéb1NounCloth.2Active Verb-an, i-To patch, of cloth; to use or apply something as a patch.Intóy pangilkebám issá? Lekbám san nabisngít.Where will you put that patch? Patch that torn part.Ilkéb ko sin nabisngít ay pantalón.I'll use it to patch the torn pants.See alsokóbotlingébtápal 2tap-íltokóp
lekíStative verbma-To die of a sickness.
leklék11NounKind of wood borer.2Stative verbma-To be worm-eaten by the above borer.See alsobabáte 2bokbók2dángewpatéte 2
leklék2Active Verb-en, i-To rub the eye, as to remove a speck of dirt.Nabótan matá na yan inlekleleklék na.He had something in his eye and kept rubbing it.See alsobótakolláw 2mókat 3óki
lekmég1Active Verb-om-1To gain weight.2Stative verbma-To be plump.Synonymlamés
léleStative verbma-To become flattened or broken, of pointed objects, such as sharpened stake, pencil.
lélemActive Verbman-, -om-1To be overcast.SynonymngebébeSee alsokísep 2kosábalibóongebébengéyeb
lelésingNounBottle fly.See alsokomkómtilalláegpénay 2wawwáo
lemám1NounSpirit that lives in empty houses; said to go cover people's mouths while they are sleeping.2Active Verb-enTo cover someone's mouth during sleep, making the person cry out.See alsoap-ápep-épkaléb 2kópop 2kótob 2lakóbonakkamáómomópopsakóbo 23Stative verbma-To whimper, make a noise in one's sleep.See alsoattimábáag 2balaáwdopó 2kalíkánakawáni 3ngalát 4polsíto(malmám)
lemásNounVariety of hairless dark-colored grub that eats roots of crops such as sweet potato, pechay, rice seedlings.See alsotokó
lenásNounSand by bodies of water, as on shore, bank, in riverbed.See alsobísil
lénawAdjectivema-Glutinous, of several varieties of rice.See alsodikálot