"Balballusa" is a word in ILOKANO
n. a spreading, spiny herb with white flowers and whitish-gray fruits; it resembles the eggplant.
The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded waitress in her early twenties, dressed in a pink uniform with her hair tied up on her freckled neck. She was obviously tired, but she was polite and smiled at me when she took my order, and I felt a sense of guilt, almost shame, at my susceptibility and easy fondness for a young woman's smile. Because if you're forty-nine and unmarried or a widower or if you've simply chosen to live alone, you're easily flattered by a young woman's seeming attention to you, and you forget that it is often simply a deference to your age.
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abud, ábud v [A; c] {1} throw grains, throw grains to. Ang bukbukung mais mauy iábud sa manuk, Throw the …
Read the complete definitionv. /AG-/ to spread, diffuse. Agadiwara ti banglo dayta sampagita. The fragrance of that sampaguita flower spreads. ADMINISTRASION [f. Sp.], …
Read the complete definitionalpumbra n rug, carpet. v [b6] put or spread a carpet on.
Read the complete definitionama námù n the Lords Prayer. short form: manámù. paN-v [A; b5] go to s. o. as if he were …
Read the complete definitionn. a piece of cloth, paper, leaf, etc. that is spread on the floor, ground, table, bed, etc. v. /MANG-:-AN/ …
Read the complete definitionn. any leaf or pieces of leaf, usually of the banana, spread at the bottom of an earthen pot before …
Read the complete definitionbalakbak n {1} cloth or similar material to lie, walk, sit on. Duguun ang bakbak nga giangkan, The sheets on …
Read the complete definitionn. a widely spreading water vine whose young leaves are eaten. --syn. KANGKONG.
Read the complete definitionbalíkis v [A; c] coil, put around s.t. else. Mibalíkis ang baksan sa bábuy, The python coiled around the pigs …
Read the complete definitionbánaw v {1} [APB; c] for liquids to be spread over an area, spread liquids. Daghang dugù ang mibánaw sa …
Read the complete definitionbanig n woven straw sleeping mat. higdà, lígid sa be bedridden (lit. lie on the mat). Dúgay na si Ilisabit …
Read the complete definitionbikang, bíkang a having the feet spread apart, front to back or sideways. Bikang íyang linaktan, He walked with his …
Read the complete definitionbíla v [A; b1c1] spread the legs apart to the sides. Ngánung mubíla ka mang maglingkud? Why do you spread …
Read the complete definitionbílad v [AB; c1] widen, spread out, spread s.t. out. Ang bulad núkus mubílad kun ihúmul sa túbig, Dried squid …
Read the complete definitionbilangkad, bilangkat v [A; c1] have the legs spread wide apart. Nagbuy-ud siya nga nagbilangkat sa katri, She was sprawled …
Read the complete definitionbritsis n short pants. v [A1; a] wear, make into short pants. brudkas v [A; c6] {1} broadcast a radio …
Read the complete definitionbuklad v {1} [A; c1] spread s.t. out flat. Mubuklad na ku ug banig kay matúlug na ku, I will …
Read the complete definitionbukway v [B; c1] {1} for long, thin things to stretch out: ten-drils, flowers, sunrays, etc. Nagbukway na ang mga …
Read the complete definitionbulitsi n k. o. ra? e with Spanish cards. One set of cards is spread out on the table for …
Read the complete definitionbusíad, busíkad v [B23(1)4] for s.t. to spread open and out leaving a gap. Mibusíkad íyang sinínà kay huut ug …
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