"Hilam" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
hílam - (H) To grope, etc. See híkam.
hílam v {1} [A; a12b2] search for s.t.
by feeling about with the hands.
Gihílam níya ang íyang pusil sa uluhan, He felt about for his gun on the headboard.
{2} [A; a12] feel a surface in detail with the fingertips.
Hiláma ákung úlu dì ba náay búkul, Feel my head and you will find a bump.
{3} [c3] be at ones disposal, available for an emergency.
Wà giyud tay mahílam nga bugas, We cant get our hands on any rice.
paN- v [A13] feel ones way around in the dark.
Misulud siya sa kwartu nagpanghilam sa ngitngit, He went into the room groping around in the dark.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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híkam - To grope, feel one’s way, as a blind man or as in the dark. Hikáma kon diín ang …
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