"Balabad" is a word in HILIGAYNON
balábad - (H) To brandish, wave, flourish,
to shake to and fro. Ibalábad mo ang
binángon. Brandish the bolo. Balabádan
(—áran) ko silá sang lipák. I will shake the
piece of bamboo at them. (cf. labáy-lábay;
barumbáda).
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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labáy-lábay, labáy-labáy - Dim. and Freq. of labáy. Also: to pass to and fro, shake from side to side, brandish, …
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