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palanggánaBowl, small basin.
palansá1NounClothes iron.2Active Verb-anTo iron.Nakosokosó din bádok tan adí napalansáan.My clothes are all wrinkled because they weren't ironed.plancha
palátongHorns and skull bones of animals butchered during a funeral, hung from either a single or double pole on the trails leading to and from the house of the deceased, to indicate to the spirits of the ancestors that a death has occurred and that the proper ceremonies have been performed.See alsopádang di mabáopallatóng
palawálasPerson in charge of distributing rice beer and other beverages at a feast.
palét1Stative verbma-To have too much added to it, be too thick, too strong, as a beverage or solution.Napalét di gátas mo.Your milk is too thick.2Active Verb-enTo add too much of something, as fertilizer to the soil, sugar in coffee.Adí ka paletén san asín tan manpaít.Don't add too much of that salt because it will be too salty.See alsolabéspalálo 2soblá 3
pálid-enTo sharpen, wear down, as a knife, rocks by flowing water.
palídanSharpening stone.
palintóodid., slightly arch.
palíp-i-enTo rush, hurry someone or something.Adí ka palip-íen din bisáang.Don't hurry the pig.
pálit1AdjectiveProhibitively expensive.Pálit adí dowánet aláen tan kasapólan íman.It's certainly too expensive but one gets it anyway because it's needed, that's why.Énak tinawálan din besáang ay doy mon pálit.I went and bargained for that pig but it was prohibitively expensive.2Active Verbi-To prohibit.Maipálit di man-oblá sin ágew ay pan-ibbayán.It is prohibited to work on the day for rest.SynonympagélSee alsodakéykayáwkayyéw2keyátmakel-áng di kalípagélsodsód 2tallikódtíleg 2tópap
palitoktok-ánSwirl in hair on the back of the head; (Two such swirls are said to indicate that a child will be naughty or mischievous.).
paliwáweng toktokman-To be perplexed, bewildered, unable to figure something out, often to the extent that one's head hurts.
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