"Kalisaw" is a word in HILIGAYNON
kalísaw - Tastelessness, insipidness,
unsavouriness, usually applied to stale
tubers like "úbi”, "banáyan”, "kamóti”, etc.
(cf. lísaw).
Suddenly Damask found herself staring down at the flowers through a dazzle of tears. The words sounded so innocent and so disarming - she remembered that she hadn't wanted to come through the beautiful woods at all; and there was no danger, nothing wrong except the wickedness of her own heart. She looked at Danny's big, brown, work-scarred hands gently gathering the flowers and her love for him was a physical pain. Oh, how she loved him; how she wished that he would ask her to marry him!"Norah Lofts
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Why don't bananas snore? Because they don't want to wake up the rest of the bunch.
lísaw - To be or become insipid, unsavoury, spoilt, go bad, applied to old tubers or the like. Naglísaw iníng …
Read the complete definitionmalísaw - Watery, insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, unsavoury, said especially of stale tubers that, having been dug out, are not …
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