"Ballaiba" is a word in ILOKANO

ballaiba ILOKANO
Definition:

n. eel grass, tape grass; a common, edible, submerged, hydrocharitaceous, fresh water plant. Its leaves and roots (GURGURMOT) are eaten.

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... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

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Laugh your heart out.

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

agingay CEBUANO

agíngay n k. o. tall hairy grass of open fields used as forage.

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agsit ILOKANO

n. layer of nipa leaves or cogon grass used for thatching.

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alisngaw CEBUANO

alisngaw v [A; b6] {1} evaporate, give o? steam. Mualisngaw ang alkuhul, The alcohol will evaporate. Ínit pa diay ang …

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amursiku CEBUANO

amursíku n k. o. crab grass with long towering stems bearing barbed spikelets which adhere to the clothes: Andropogon aci-culatus. …

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atep ILOKANO

n. roof. v. /AG-/ to roof a house. /MANG-:-AN/ to roof, to put a roof on. Kayat mo nga atepak …

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balili CEBUANO

balíli n general name for grasses that do not grow tall. tsína k. o. purple ornamental grass grown popularly in …

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bargas CEBUANO

bargas n k. o. plow made of steel (so called after the brand name Vargas). barì n a k. o. …

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barsanga ILOKANO

n. a slender sedge, a kind of grass.

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batad CEBUANO

batad n sorghum, k. o. coarse grass used for forage: Andropogon sorghum.

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baul CEBUANO

baul n cultivated dry field. Gidáru nákù ang baul, I plowed the field. v [A1; a2] engage in farming, cultivate …

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bila CEBUANO

bíla v [A; b1c1] spread the legs apart to the sides. Ngánung mubíla ka mang maglingkud? Why do you spread …

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bintus CEBUANO

bintus n mahjong pieces which represent the winds. Occasion-ally, the pieces which represent the grasses, daggers, and mir-rors also are …

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birmuda CEBUANO

birmúda n Bermuda grass.

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budabil CEBUANO

budabil n {1} vaudeville. {2} combination of mahjong pieces consisting of dagger, mirror, and grass pieces. -ay v [C] play …

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budlay CEBUANO

budlay a tiring, tiresome. Budlay kaáyu ning magguna sa ínit, Its tiring to cut grass in the sun. Budlay kaáyu …

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budlung CEBUANO

budlung v [A; a12] dig out plants with deep-running roots. Kinahanglan budlúngun gayud ang kúgun kay lawum ug dulut, You …

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bugang CEBUANO

bugang n name given to various tall tufted grasses and reeds (tangbù, taláhib, et al. ). -in- a pidgin. v …

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bukal CEBUANO

búkal n k. o. tall, tufted grass of open waste places: Roitboel-lia exaltata.

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bungut CEBUANO

búngut n {1} beard, mustache. {2} pubic hairs (euphemism). {3} = bulbul, 2. v {1} [a4] for a beard to …

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busiad CEBUANO

busíad, 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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