la part. [exclamatory]
laag1 v. to lose vi. to become (accidentally) lost (possession of something) v. to misdirect funds or to spend other's money v. to have no permanent home
laag2 1. adj. (for plants) to be barren; light (in color) 2. adj. reddish hair
laak n. a medium green variety of bamboo with large leaves
laang n. groin
labag v. ran very fast; run away because of something
labed n. a welt left in the skin usually from a beating v. to have an impression in it of where they were beaten
labeg adj. low voice; tenor voice n. certain strings of kuglung
labet2 n. vested interest or involvement v. to involve or include something v. to become involved or included
labew 1. adj. above; greater adj. greatness; high status adj. a leader; a prestigious person 2. adj. arrogant 3. n. middle finger or toe
labi1 adj. especially
labid v. to tie flooring on with cane (balahen) or hemp (abaka) by tying over and under alternate boards
labirey adj. slim
labit v. to be wrinkled n. the flesh between first rib down and hip bone
lablab1 n. a male wild pig, used especially when referring to a wild boar —sow
lablab2 vt. to singe or barbecue something on fire
labugbug adj. bass voice; a deep voice
labung vi. to eat the evening meal
labuntud n. a hill or mound v. to become hill (e.g. because of a flood, or people digging) 1. n. summit
lada n. doing
ladv Variant of la part. [exclamatory]
lagaraw n. a long, curved machete
laggew vi. to be worried or sad about something v. to be worried or sad about something v. to cause someone to worry about something with something n. sorrow adj. moody
lagkuy n. whistle v. to release a deep whistling for tiredness or problem v. to release a deep whistling because of consequences
laglag vt. to transport many things from one place to another n. baggage, possessions e.g. a hammer, a chair n. a storage container for clothes n. a (large) storage basket (with cover and strap for clothes) v. to transfer to another village v. to do househould chores such as to carry water or firewood
lagnew adj. weak as in tea or coffee
lagnut v. to rip out something (by a quick action)
lagpù v. to happen simultaneously
lagsem adj. tasteless; distasteful v. to become tasteless
lagsik adj. briskable v. to splatter in small fragments on something or someone
lagting adj. high pitched —horrible noise —deep voice n. certain strings of salurey
lagundi n. a common flower used as medicine
laha 1. n. an unmarried girl 2. n. young female animal, e.g., a fowl, that has not yet borne any young
lahanglang adj. coarse adj. pitted; rough
lahas n. a type of nut from the Pangi tree
lahè2 n. to give something to settle the problem( an items either clothes, money or else animals )
lahebleb v. to immerse someone or something in water
lahelew adj. reddish adj. to be nearly ripe
lahem adj. a dark color vi. to go a dark color
laheng 1. n. voice 2. n. pitch of a song
laheteng 1. adv. directly 2. adv. serious
lahev Variant of laha 1. n. an unmarried girl 2. n. young female animal, e.g., a fowl, that has not yet borne any young
lahitan n. a steel bar used in the harvesting of abaka fibres —install
lahiting adj. horrible sounding —high-pitched
lahub n. to become blind vi. to cause someone else to be blind (still has eyes but can't see)
lahud vi. to come and spreading
lahuley n. a (small, black) type of bee that doesn't sting
lahuluy n. a type of screw pine.
lahunat vi. to pull away from someone holding you
lahuy v. to run around in play
lain adj. different adj. contrasting adj. various v. to choose another v. to have chosen another v. special adj. other adj. miscellaneous
lakag n. a thin cane like luwey
lakap n. a softish variety of bamboo without thorns
lakey 1. n. crest (on a bird) 2. adj. crested —Philippine hawk eagle
lakey te anit n. mayfly
lakiris vi. to go very swiftly
lakit v. to continue onto another job or subject
laku n. the furry Philippine palm civet cat which lives in the bush —Malay civet
lakulak n. a tiny black, big stomach, poisonous frog; sticky n. one of the funny Matigsalug dance which is perform by a group v. to perform a lakulak dance
lakulas vt. to rub something onto something else
lala1 1. vt. to boil something, (e.g., leaves or just water) and put it on the body to treat a sore, or soak something in it n. boiled water 2. n. type of skin problem affecting fingers and toes v. to have a skin infection 3. v. to apply warm water to the skin of someone else or themselves, in order to treat skin problems (e.g., skin infection)
lala2 n. a caterpillar; a small black bug that causes itching if it bites (not as long as a worm) vt. to cause one to itch vi. to swell even without any cut when touched by certain kinds of caterpillar
lalab adj. a color in the range from orange through to violet - this includes orange, pink, red, crimson, purple, violet v. to become red adj. very red v. to heat on something adj. many numbers of red
lalag n. word n. speech n. language v. to tell something to someone else v. to have an agreement vi. to speak to someone else face to face v. to converse v. to discuss together n. language; dialect n. languages adj. glib
Lalag te Manama n. Word of God
lalapeng n. seeds storage shelter
lalas 1. n. the venom of a snake adj. venomous; stinging 2. n. the hot taste of chili peppers (benisil) or similar foods
lalew1 v. to promise (to himself) to not do something again (e.g., not to enter the house of someone else because he is offended by something). n. a promise (to himself)
lalew2 n. left in the field after the harvest, or that falls from the threshing machine v. to glean a crop such as rice or corn left in the field after the harvest, or that falls from the threshing machine
lalimma num. five (counting) adj. five (adjective)
lalimmampulù num. fifty
lalis 1. v. to threaten (to kill) someone adj. fiery 2. vi. to express a wish to buy something
lalud n. friendship name v. to make a friendship name v. to call each other by a friendship name
lalung1 vi. to hold her knees or hold a strap from the ceiling when delivering a baby
lalung2 vi. to become crazy or uncontrolled. They only want to play and won't help with the work
lalung3 adj. cheerful
lama ne egpamuhawangan n. a flat, cool area with long grasses
lama ne egpasiliran n. the cool part of the earth
lamanu vi. to shake hands with someone else
lamas n. a generic name for things such as onions, garlic, peppers and tomatoes that are fried first before adding vegetables
lamat v. to kill the livestock of the deceased to feed those who attend the wake
lambag 1. vi. to deviate from established customs 2. vi. to cross along the biggest way n. a crossing or sideroad 3. vi. to meet someone else vi. to unintentionally meet each other 4. v. to be suddenly occur in someone's minds and thinking
lambas 1. v. to go beyond their destination 2. v. to go through (e.g.,wall or wood)
lambeg adj. fat n. girth; fatness v. to be fat v. to become fat adj. plump
lamben v. to wrap something, e.g. a skirt or a towel around the chest, e.g., a woman pulling her skirt up high over her breasts when washing herself (i.e., she has removed her blouse)
lambened adj. slow at doing something, i.e., working or walking
lambened adj.
lambetug n. a mole or raised lump on the skin v. to become covered with raised lumps
lambid1 vi. to cross their legs (when sitting or standing) vi. to be intertwined or woven together, e.g., for two trees to grow into each other. They would then rub together in the wind. This causes a noise and the friction may start a fire. v. to be criss-crossed together. (This word is often used to describe heavy traffic.)
lambid3 n. a large type of tree gecko
lambù 1. adj. fatty v. to be fat v. to be come fat n. stoutness n. fat v. to taste something that they feel fat and oily adj. one of the highest mountain of Sinuda which is located at Salumay Davao city 2. adj. lush (of vegetation)
lambulambu n. lambulambu banana
lambunus adj. fast v. to become fast v. to hurry their work
lambus n. a foodstuff which has been cursed and causes sickness and then death if eaten; a second class can be used to make the potential parents-in-law attracted to the young man v. to poison someone else n. one who prepares cursed food n. one who prepares cursed food
lambuyug n. slingshot
lameg1 v. to not wash or bathe properly because of a shortage of water vi. to be not properly washed because there wasn't enough water available v. to become shortage
lameg2 v. to mix the food of pet animals with viand
lametik n. a largish black type of ant with a very painful bite
lamiket adj. sticky; gooey (e.g., of a thick liquid) adj. very sticky; very gooey vi. to become sticky —masking tape —scotch tape
laming vi. to wake suddenly in the night and to sense a foreboding spiritual presence in the room
Lamintew prop_n.
lamisa 1. n. table 2. n. desk 3. n. a flat board used as part of the apparatus for harvesting cane fibres
lamit adj. to be still, i.e., the flow is weakened by the depth adj. to be weakened adj. very weak
lamiyak adj. wet, runny (of a substance such as soil or excrement) adj. runny v. to become runny
lampas 1. n. a flail (for knocking down grass to facilitate cutting) 2. v. to knock down tall grass with a flail
lampasu n. half of a coconut husk used for polishing the floor v. to polish the floor by rubbing it with a coconut husk half
lampehak n. a thin kind of bird which has a very sharp-pointed beak that usually catching fishes for food; it has a long neck and red or white in color
lampes n. club vt. to strike or beat something with a stick or other instrument vi. to randomly or keep on strike at things with a purpose vi. to hit yourself on something
lampey v. to cross over the peak of a mountain i.e., to have begun their descent v. to be able to crossed
lampin n. diaper vi. to put diapers on a child
lampus vi. to succeed in something adj. successful adj. success
lamu 1. vi. to work slowly something 2. v. to waste time for working 3. v. to be lazy in working 4. adj. unconscious v. that didn't know what to do because of something
lana n. coconut oil v. to get oil from coconut adj. oily adj. very oily
lanab1 vi. to feel weak or unwell v. to feel bad for doing or eating something
lanab2 v. to float on the surface of water
lanab3 v. to have a terrible look
lanalana n. a very small red type of ant
lanang 1. adj. oily; greasy; shiny v. to become oily 2. adj. smooth; silky v. to become smooth
lanawes n. a very large type of swift v. to hear voice from near to far
landang n. ingredient
landeg n. a type of tree (the trunk of which us used to treat boils)
landeng v. to stare constantly
landig n. foothill
landing v. to land somewhere n. an airstrip
laneg n. a flood v. to flood adj. prone to flooding
lanek n. fine sand n. grains of sand v. to fill a well
lanes vi. to become wilted, e.g., if severed at the stem v. to cause something else to dry
lanew 1. n. lake —lake with water flowing out v. to form a lake adj. a shallow lake 2. n. a subtribe of our Muslim brothers 3. n. a type of ancient sugarcane
langag n. a featherless chicken
langan 1. v. to be delayed by something v. to delay someone, or to be a thing which delays them v. to delay someone else by entertaining or occupying them with something (e.g., coffee, singing, work) 2. v. to fill-in time; to fiddle n. pastime n. an enjoyable or easy activity (or one that is not really work) v. to spend time doing an enjoyable or easy activity (or one that is not really work) 3. v. to go strolling somewhere perhaps because they are bored or lonely 4. adj. slow (in relation to movement or work) 5. adj. imitation 6. adj. unnecessary
langas 1. v. to look around for or at something somewhere for a reason e.g., to search for something, or to look at the view v. to look around for or at something somewhere for a reason e.g., to search for something, or to look at the view 2. adj. careless (because of not paying attention while looking around) n. carelessness
langè adj. bereaved adj. depressed adj. unhappy v. to be sad about something adj. tragic adj. tragic v. to take something from a relative, e.g. one's father. Although they notice and although it may be valuable, they will not usually make any comment
langelis adj. to smell like blood or urine, e.g., after a woman has had a child v. to be rancid or bloody smell 1. adj. rancid odor
langesa n. blood v. to bleed vi. to menstruate; to have a monthly period v. to offer the blood of animals (e.g., creator or spirit)
langesa te manuk n. a red sugarcane
langet 1. n. anger; wrath vi. to be angry for a reason v. to become angry for a reason v. to cause someone to be angry v. to become angry for a reason 2. adj. ill-natured adj. very angry
langew n. (a two-winged) fly (with a stout body) v. to be perched and fed by the flies adj. many flies place n. one of Matigslug dance which was imitated from flies moves v. to perform a lelangew dance
langey n. a large reddish grub with many legs
langganasi n. a type small tree; good for firewood
langgew adj. unhappy
Langguyuren n. langguyuren mountain
Langilan1 prop_n.
langilan2 n. a type of tree with a fragrant flower
langis vt. to lift someone's shirt or skirt revealing their skin —lift trouser legs/roll up sleeve vi. to become lifted thus exposing the person's skin v. to keep on lifting woman's skirt
langit1 1. n. sky 2. n. heaven v. to be in heaven, because it is clean v. to send a person to heaven
langit2 vi. to become angry at someone else and insult them by speaking in a raised voice adj. loud and/or angry
langkà n. jackfruit
langkad 1. vt. to step over something low vi. to be skipped over v. to step over the top of someone or something 2. n. a payment (usually cash) paid by the bridegroom to the older unmarried sisters of the bride for skipping over them and marrying the younger sister
langkap n. a storage vat (made from bulu)
langkeb 1. vi. to lie on one's stomach vi. to roll over onto its stomach 2. vi. to slip over and fall prostrate 3. vi. to get down
langkew adj. tall v. to become taller
langkus n. a headband made by wrapping a cloth of some sort around the head v. to wear a headband
langkuwab vi. to get tipped over accidentally v. to tip over something
langulangu v. to look around or survey v. to keep on looking around or survey
langun 1. adj. all; entire n. everything 2. adj. purely
lanit n. a tasteless, odorless type of poison
lanlan v. to miscarry (a pregnancy) v. to cause miscarry
lansang n. metal nail v. to hammer in a nail something v. to crucify v. to keep on hammering in a nail v. to be capable of hammering in a nail
lansi n. the smell of hair, feathers, or flesh being burned, fried or roasted vi. to smell when being burned or roasted adj. something that produces strange smell when burned or roasted esp. animals
lantang v. to attend a funeral
lantarè n. wandering everywhere
lantawan n. a raised platform which can be used for sitting or sleeping on v. to build a sleeping plaform
lanting 1. v. to start moving their raft (or boat) across water 2. adj. fast-flowing (of a river) —fast-flowing
lantus adj. (jump) high n. range
lantuy n. a type of short flute which is made of bamboo v. to play a flute
lanù vi. to become fed up or tired of doing something
lanut n. hemp fibre
lapas vi. to cross something such as a path or river somewhere v. to cross the river
lapè vt. to butcher a large animal like a carabao somewhere
lapek n. litter; scraps; junk v. to produce scraps
lapew 1. v. to live and party in a newly built house for the first time 2. v. to go to the house of the bride to go with the groom (for wedding) 3. v. to become higher or bigger than something
lapey 1. v. to be flooded; to be covered by water adj. flooded 2. v. for something (especially plants) to be flattened by high waters 3. v. to overflow a boundary v. to destroy plantation
lapì n. flat v. to flat something such as cogon grass, rice plants in order to pass for a purpose v.
lapig 1. n. a close companion n. a relative 2. v. to favor or side with someone else for a reason 3. v. to separate things to a certain place
lapinig 1. n. a wasp which stings 2. v. to set out immediately to revenge a death (just like the lapinig wasp attacks immediately if the nest is threatened)
lapis1 v. to double their clothes v. to wear lots of clothes on top of each other or to put something on the top of other things v. to go out of view; to disappear
laplap 1. n. skin 2. v. to cut corn kernels off the cob
laplap te mata See mata n. eyelid
lapù1 n. to be from out of the area v. to migrate
lapù2 vi. to all do something together
lapug n. a big fire v. to make a big fire
lapunan n. hot water coming out of the ground
lapung 1. v. to grow healthily v. to fertilize a plant with fertilizer adj. luxuriant or high-yielding (of plant growth) 2. adj. thick and bushy (of hair or a beard, a broom, etc.)
lapuwè vt. to sterilize something with hot water
laras vi. to travel downstream
larasan n. downstream
larawan n. an idol or icon as might be found in a Roman Catholic church
larey v. to work the entire day
lari v. to walk around (inside)
lasak n. a swamp (e.g., more in mud) v. to become muddy
lasaklasak n. mud
lasang n. a twig or dried-up branch. It may or may not have fallen to the ground n. walking stick insect
lasembul v. to make a (big) splash landing in water or mud v. to jump or throwing something in the water to make a big splash sound adj. something produces big splash sound when landed in water or mud
lasey v. to make life difficult for someone else by soomething specially in working v. to be difficult by doing something v. to suffer difficulties adj. difficult v. to be difficult v. to exert effort in doing something adj. haggard
lasi adv. often; constant; continuous v. to be often doing something
laslas v. to remove everything which is sticking to something. This includes rice husks when pounding rice, or cleaning pots and plates by scouring them with sand
lasù 1. n. penis (of man or animal) 2. pron. used to address a young boy
lata n. a measure of volume that equals of seven gantang.
latabì v. to produce noise when fell down
latekuk v. to produce sound when it hit by someone or something (e.g.,pipe or head)
latid n. Barangay
latipak v. to throw something (e.g.,head or gallon) and produces a loud sound
latù v. to be very hard, either as the result of being dried out in the sun or of not being properly cooked
latun vi. to perch on something (usually on something high in the late afternoon) vi. to fly from a flint stone and land on the material to be lit
laum v. to hope someone or something
lawa 1. n. the body of a person or animal n. health 2. n. the trunk of a tree or the stalk of a plant; the (permanent) path of a river v. to produce luxuriant foliage (but little tubers)
lawaan 1. n. a type of tree (producing inexpensive lumber) 2. n. a type of tree (producing inexpensive lumber)
lawang v. to raft downstream on a river —a raft
lawed1 1. adj. to have no living relatives v. to free some trees from cutting 2. n. a poison which used to be used on the tip of spears
lawed2 v. clear yard for planting
lawes adj. a quick sound from fast movement (e.g., bullet or birds fly)
lawi n. a long tail of a rooster
lawwav Variant of lawa 1. n. the body of a person or animal n. health 2. n. the trunk of a tree or the stalk of a plant; the (permanent) path of a river v. to produce luxuriant foliage (but little tubers)
layab 1. v. to not be fulfilled 2. v. to glow
layag n. light adj. bright or shining v. to shine or glow on something v. to light something adj. sunny
layam vt. to tame something, especially a bird or animal somewhere vi. to become used to something v. to adjust theirselves to be accustomed (e.g., climate) v. to be familiar with; to be accustomed to adj. traditional
layanglayang n. a swallow
layap 1. v. to be carried by the wind for a reason (e.g., that the wind is strong, or the thing is not firmly attached to something else) adj. light; easily carried by wind 2. v. to be mixed with something that is carried by the wind (e.g cut hair, dust) 3. v. to winnow grain by putting a large basket of grain on the head and slowly pouring it onto a mat, allowing the wind to carry away some of the empty rice hulls 4. v. to fly through the air
layas v. to do something very often
layat 1. adj. to be long or tall (of a person, a tree, a nose, a piece of string, etc.) adj. standard measurement (of how long) 2. adj. superior adj. supreme adj. proud; overbearing???; to cause to become long?
layat ne timpù ?. a long time
layè n. a variety of thornless bamboo that doesn't grow to a very big diameter
Laysun prop_n.
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