"Malapad" is a word in HILIGAYNON
malápad - Wide, broad, extensive,
expanded, large, vast, ample, spacious,
wide-spread; free from narrowness or
bigotry; covetous, greedy, avid. Malápad
ang íya nga palangúmhan. He has a large
farm. Malápad siá sing panghunâhúnà.
He is broad-minded, liberal-minded.
Malápad siá sing matá. He is covetous,
greedy, ambitious. (cf. lápad, maálway,
mahanáhay).
I shall always attribute my uncertain start in New Zealand to the fact that I was introduced too early to what is knows as the 'five o'clock swill'. The phrase has, when you consider it, a wonderful pastoral - one might almost say idyllic - ring to it. It conjures up a picture of fat but hungry porcines, all freshly scrubbed, eagerly and gratefully partaking of their warm mash from the horny but kindly hands of the jovial farmer, a twinkling eyed son of the soil.Nothing could be further from the truth.The five o'clock swill is the direct result of New Zealand's imbecilic licensing laws. In order to prevent people getting drunk the pubs close at six, just after the workers leave work. This means they have to leave their place of employment, rush frantically to the nearest pub, and make a desperate attempt to drink as much beer as they can in the shortest possible time. As a means of cutting down drunkenness, this is quite one of the most illogical deterrents I have come across.
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Read the complete definitionbugâ-búgà, bugâ-bugâ - Dim. of búgà. Like white sandstone: full of such sandstone. Inday, batóna akó, kay malápad ang ákon …
Read the complete definitiongalî - Really! Can that be! Is that so! Indeed! Fancy that! You don’t say so! Who would have thought …
Read the complete definitiongáuy - To shout, etc. (cf. gául, gúal, sínggit, turayáw, pugaás). gáwa. Somewhat, rather, middling, considering, mediocre, passable, tolerable, not …
Read the complete definitionguób - To fill, pervade, occupy completely, leave no vacant space, particularly applied to sounds and odours. Ang íya nga …
Read the complete definitionhalápad - (H) Wide, broad, spacious; to be wide, etc. See lápad, malápad.
Read the complete definitionhanáhay - Gentle, mild, soft, zephyr (of wind). (cf. mahínay, kanúnay, dupóydúpoy); wide, spacious, open, clear of obstruction, large (of …
Read the complete definitionhánggud - (B) Large, tall, big, huge, vast, sizable, ample, spacious, capacious, voluminous, bulky, massive, massy, great; to be or …
Read the complete definitionlábut - Connection with, concern, interest, implication, business, relation, having to do with; to be implicated, have a connection with, …
Read the complete definitionláwhan - (B) Long, extended, wide, large. Iníng bátà láwhan sing páa. This baby has long legs. Pangitái akó sing …
Read the complete definitionmaaliwána - Spacious; wide, roomy, broad, large, ample, vast, extensive; clear, unobstructed, open, free. (cf. aliwána, maalag-agón – maásab mahanáhay, …
Read the complete definitionmaálway - See maálwag, mahanáhay, malápad.
Read the complete definitionmaglíbut - Round about, around, encircling, enclosing, surrounding. Maglíbut sa plása may matahúm nga kodál. Round the public square there …
Read the complete definitionmalágpad - Wide, broad, etc. See malápad.
Read the complete definitionmaláwhan - Long, large. See láwhan, malábà, malápad.
Read the complete definitionmasángkad - Wide, broad, of large breadth, ample, extended, vast. (cf. sángkad, malápad, mahanáhay, etc.).
Read the complete definitionmawáding - Unsteady, wobbly, shaky, irresolute, wavering. (cf. dîmawáding). mawayáng, mawáyang – miáw mawayáng, mawáyang, Wide, broad, large, extensive, spacious, …
Read the complete definitionpalangúmhan - (H) Field, land, grounds, ground, estate, farm. Malápad ang íya palangúmhan. His farm-lands are extensive. He has (owns) …
Read the complete definitionpanúblì - Freq. of súblì. To inherit, be heir to, come into, acquire by inheritance or bequest. Nagpanúblì siá sang …
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