"Pulakan" is a word in HILIGAYNON
pulakán - A measure of either one-third or
one-fourth of a gantang. Pulakán nga
talatlóhan (alapátan). A pulakán-measure
of one-third (one-fourth) of a gantang.
Pulakán—measures of one sixth and one
eighth of a gantang are also used in some
places.
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Read the complete definitionalapátan - (H) Measuring one fourth or quarter; a measure for the fourth part of. Pulakán nga alapátan. A measure …
Read the complete definitionambit v {1} [A; a2b7] get a share. Kiri rang usa ka kílu ákung ambítun, Ill take only this one …
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Read the complete definitionbatu v [A; a2] borrow money, buy s.t. , usually basic com-modities, on credit. Mubatu kug duha ka gantang bugas, …
Read the complete definitionbat-us n stomach discomfort due to overeating. v [A3P] {1} cause stomach discomfort. {2} [a4] su? er from over-satiation. Kun …
Read the complete definitionbáyad v {1} [A2S3S; b1] pay for s.t. Nagbayad mig kinyintus káda búlan, We paid five hundred a month. Bayran …
Read the complete definitionbayó - To pound or hull, especially rice, by means of a wooden mortar (lusóng) and a pestle (hál-o). Báywa …
Read the complete definitionbili n {1} price. Ang bili sa palalítun, The price of commodities. {2} worth. Wà nay bili ang kinabúhì ug …
Read the complete definitionbúng-bung - Very full, brimful, crammed, full to overflowing; to fill to overflowing, to be or make very full. Bungbungá …
Read the complete definitiondáan a {1} old, not new. Dáang sinínà, An old dress. Nga Túgun Old Testament. {2} the one before, previous. …
Read the complete definitionganta = gantang.
Read the complete definitiongántang - A "ganta”, a quantity equal to 1/25 of a "pásong”—bushel.
Read the complete definitiongantang n {1} a unit of dry measure equivalent to three liters. {2} liquid measure of about the same amount. …
Read the complete definitionkórha - Half of a gantang. Fifty kórha make a bushel (pásong) of rice.
Read the complete definitionlapat n clothes for home wear. lápaw v [B23; cP] go above or beyond a certain amount. Milá-paw na ang …
Read the complete definitionpugas v [A; c] plant grains or seeds in a hole. Akuy nagpugas ánang lísu sa kapáyas dihà, I was …
Read the complete definitionpulák - A small measure of rice, etc. usually either one-third or one-fourth of a gantang.
Read the complete definitionsíbù a {1} fitting precisely, of exact dimension. Kining twirkáha síbù kaáyu sa pirnu, This nut fits precisely into the …
Read the complete definitionútang n debt. May útang ku nímung duha ka adlawng trabáhu, I owe you two days work. buut see buut, …
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