"Buhin" is a word in HILIGAYNON
búhin - Diminution, reduction, deduction,
subtraction, lessening; to lessen, diminish,
reduce, deduct, subtract, take off.
Nagaamát-amát sang búhin ang humáy.
The rice is slowly getting less. Nakabúhin
siá sang arína. He took off some flour.
Ginbuhínan níya ang swéldo sang íya
mutsátso, kay matámad, konó. He
lowered, docked, the wage of his servant,
for he is lazy, he says. Buhíni ang bilí siní,
kay támà kamahál. Lower, cut, the price of
this, for it is too dear. Ibúhin mo akó sing
isá ka pásong nga humáy sa íya párte nga
limá ka pásong, kay may útang siá sa
ákon. Please, deduct one bushel of rice
from his share of five bushels, for he is in
debt to me. Iníng tambóbo nga may
humáy walâ pa sing búhin. This ricegranary has not yet been touched (no rice
has been taken from it). Nabayáran ko siá
sa waláy búhin. I paid him in full (without
haggling on my part or remission on his).
(cf. pakulús, paisót, padítay, patikî, kúpus,
íban).
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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