"Alom" is a word in HILIGAYNON
álom - (H) A mole, a small, black (or even
white) spot or pimple, never larger than a
wart. It is indelible, being a birthmark.
Larger protuberances, even if accidentally
acquired, are called "bokól” and more
extensive moles of various discolorations
are known as "kaláhà, karáhà”. (cf. álong,
árong id.).
alóm - See álhom. (cf. arúm).
aloghogán – alsapríma
alompílan, A kind of creeper with
acidulous leaves that are used as
condiment. (cf. alupídan).
alóm - Dark, dim, dimmed, tarnished,
lack-lustre, having lost lustre or shine; to
be or become dark, to lose lustre or
whiteness, said of metals, skin, surface of
furniture and the like. (cf. ilóm, itúm).
álom - A tree, whose bark is superstitiously
worn by some in the form of a collar round
the neck as a supposed remedy against
various ills and diseases, especially against
"ugám”.
People say they miss the deceased. I missed my father and my mother when they were still fully alive. They travelled through my childhood in the same way they moved around the hotel: my mother industrious, hurried, hidden; my father drunk, flamboyant, alone.
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