"Bamban" is a word in ILOKANO, CEBUANO
n. a strip of young and pliant bamboo used for tying.
bamban = banban, 2.
The sunrise was the colour of bad blood. It leaked out of the east and stained the dark sky red, marked the scraps of the cloud with stolen gold. Underneath it the road twisted up the mountainside towards the fortress of Fontezarmo - a cluster of sharp towers, ash-black again the wounded heavens. The sunrise was red, black and gold.The colours of their profession.
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Read the complete definitionbal-is n hand tool used to strip abaca. v [A; c1] make an abaca stripper.
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Read the complete definitionbanda n band, strip of cloth. {1} cloth worn diagonally in front of one as a mark of having obtained …
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Read the complete definitionn. 1. a strip of bamboo, vine or the like used for binding especially stalks of rice and leaves of …
Read the complete definitionn. a large, circular or oval, shallow basket made of strips of bamboo which are closely woven; it is used …
Read the complete definitionbira v {1} [AC2; c1] pull, tug at s.t. while standing still. Nagbira sila sa písì, They are having a …
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Read the complete definitionbudbud v {1} [A; c] wind string, wire, strips, etc. around s.t. or into a ball. Budbúri nag bandids ang …
Read the complete definitionbugyas n k. o. small square-bottomed basket made of bamboo or rattan strips, woven into a square mesh. v {1} …
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