Pinoy Dictionary

(idinedemanda, idinemanda, idedemanda) v., inf. sue someone in court

kaarisgahan n. risk

nakasasagabal n. cumbersome; clumsy; burdensome

n. 1. gangplank; 2. temporary shed; 3. trellis; arbour (US: arbor)

sira-sira adj. 1. dilapidated; 2. ragged; 3. worn; 4. run-down

n. kind of palm with fan-shaped leaves: Livistona rotundifolia. The leaves are used for mats, hats, etc. Potted anáhaw are widely used for ornamental purposes. — lagwis see anáhaw. — mubù ornamental palm similar in appearance to anáhaw: Licuala spinosa.

v. 1. fall flat on one’s face. Nadusmù siya sa simintu, He fell flat on his face on the cement; 2. crash or ram head-on against. Nadusmù ang dyip sa pusti, The jeep rammed into a post.

v. police

n. requisition; v. requisition something Nakarikisisiyun ka na ba sa mga kinahanglanun sa upisína? Have you requisitioned the things we need for the office? Girikisisiyun sa mga sundáwu ang ámung dyíp, The soldiers requisitioned our jeep.

grandmother

Blackish, black, negro-black. Abáw, dáw ágtà ang bátà. Oh, the child is as black as a negro. Diín ka man mag-*ágtà? Where did you become so black? Naagtaán gid akó siníng áti. I consider this negrito very black. (see áta, id.).

(Sp. bailarina) Dancer. (see sumalaút, sáut).

Part, division, share, separate piece. (see atádo).

Naked, bare, stripped, deprived of; nude, undressed; to strip, take off, bare, despoil, deprive of. Ang Aton Ginúo ginhublasán sang mga soldádo sang íya mga panápton. The soldiers stripped Our Lord of his garments. Indì mo pagpahublasón ang ímo mga bátà nga dolodalágkù na. Don't allow your bigger children to go about naked. Nahublasán siá sang tanán níya nga mánggad. He was deprived of all his wealth. (see hubû).

Keeping one very busy, engrossing, causing or giving much work, bustling, hustling, very much occupied, busy, engaged. (see sákò).

adj. naalluad, naannad

adj. nalatac

adj. rumbeng

adj. managpilit

v. isango, ipacaammo