"Atabay" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
atábay - Shoring, shoring material,
temporary props, supports, lining; to shore
up, to line, to prop, support temporarily.
Atabáyi ang bubón. Line the water-hole.
Iatábay ko iníng pánit sang burí sa áwang
námon. I will use this bark of the buripalm to line our well with. Atabáyon ko
ang pánit siníng burí. I will make shoring
or lining of the bark of this buri-palm.
atábay n open well.
v [A3S; b6] dig a well.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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Read the complete definitiontimbà v [A; ab1] fetch s.t. by dipping from a well, scooping from a pit, or the like. Magtimbà ku …
Read the complete definitiontumpáwak v {1} [B1256] fall from a higher elevation. Ang la-bandíra natumpáwak sa atábay, The washer woman fell into the …
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Read the complete definitiontúun v {1} [B3] be directed towards a focus. Wà ku makakità nímu kay didtu magtúun ang ákung mata sa …
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Read the complete definitionyungyung v [A; c1] {1} hang loosely down, droop. Muyungyung ang buhuk ug dì masudlay, The hair will hang loosely …
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