"Timbengan" is a word in ILOKANO
n. scales.
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agis-is n white scales on skin of the type which develop when the skin is dry. v [B6; a4] develop …
Read the complete definitionbága n embers. mukáug be a tough character (eat live embers). v {1} [AB; a2] make, become embers. Nabága (mibága) …
Read the complete definitionbáhud v [B2] for wounds to swell and redden. Mibáhud ang íyang núka kay hiinitan man, His wound became swollen …
Read the complete definitionbakúlan n k. o. mullet with small scales.
Read the complete definitionbaskug a strong and healthy, vigorous in movement. Baskug kaáyu siyang manglihuklihuk kay batan-un pa, He is full of pep …
Read the complete definitionbay-ansil n small-scale business of buying and reselling, usually elsewhere, with a profit. v [A] engage in this business.
Read the complete definitionbugì n k. o. skin disease characterized by intense itching and development of scales. v {1} [B1246; a4] get infected …
Read the complete definitionbugtung n sole, lone. Pinanggà ku kaáyung bugtung kung anak, I love my only child very much. lubi n a …
Read the complete definitiondakù a {1} big, great. Dakù na ang íyang anak, Her child is grown up now. ug anínu prominent person. …
Read the complete definitiongastu v {1} [A2; a] spend money. Nakagastu silag dakù sa dispidída, They spent a large amount of money for …
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-AN/ to make an opening or hole through; to make a breach in. --syn. ABUT. GLAB [f. Eng.], n. …
Read the complete definitionThe chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
Read the complete definitionhaluk n kiss, sni? , putting the nose next to the person kissed. v {1} [AC; b] kiss. Nagháluk sila …
Read the complete definitionhigdà v {1} [A; b6(1)] lie down. Kanang katri mauy higdái, Lie down on that bed. {2} spend the night. …
Read the complete definitionhingbis n {1} scale on fishes, reptiles, birds legs. {2} type of character (taken from the notion that the fighting …
Read the complete definitioninsiyur v [A; c1] issue or sell insurance. Maáyu giyug insiyúrun (iinsiyur) nang inyung balay sa súnug, It would be …
Read the complete definitionkabalyíru n {1} gentleman. {2} acting like a gentleman. {3} spending liberally. prísu {1} one under house arrest. {2} trustee …
Read the complete definitionkagid n contagious skin disease, characterized by small eruptions which develop white scales and itch intensely. v [a4] be infected …
Read the complete definitionkaliskis n scale-like crust on the skin. v [B1456; a4] have such scale-like encrustation on ones skin. Butangig lána ang …
Read the complete definitionkatunggan see tungug. katursa n reddish fish about an inch long with fine scales, rough skin, eaten stewed in vinegar …
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