"Alubaksan" is a word in HILIGAYNON
alubáksan - The waist; the place where a
native skirt called "patádyong” is fastened
or secured; the securing, fastening of a
patádyong (by tucking in one end at the
waist), (cf. ulubítan, ubít).
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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buyâ - (B) Loose, not well tied or fastened, tied below the waist; to come loose, etc. Buyâ ang íya …
Read the complete definitionubálhang - (B) Loose, unfastened, open, not well secured, untidily arranged, said especially of a woman’s skirt when it is …
Read the complete definitionubít - The fastening or tucking-in of a Filipino skirt (patádyong) at the waist; to fasten, secure or tuck in …
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