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balabag
1
Crosswise to something.
Pagolik amen nagalin ong Linabog, ang motor balabag ong langeb, animan nagke-keb.
When we were coming home from Linabog island, the boat was traveling crosswise to the waves and that's why we capsized.
-om-, m-
For something to be positioned perpendicular, nonparallel to the length of a house, or to the beach; to sleep or lie crosswise in front of a doorway, or crosswise to the length of a house or room.
Ang mga balay ong Agutaya poros osoy ong banoa, tenged ganing tang mga mepet anday sayod mga ang balay babalabag.
The houses on Agutaya are entirely positioned parallel to the beach, because the old people say it is bad luck if a house is perpendicular to the beach.
Angay sia minalabaga ra atan ong porta? Indi ita ra mata-lib.
Why are you sleeping there crosswise to the door? We can't pass through now.
2
balabag
The long, horizontal pieces of bamboo used on a thatched roof to keep it flat and prevent it from blowing off; the horizontal rails of a fence.
mag-
-an
To make or attach the horizontal supports, or rails, to a fence.
Ong damal balagbagan ta tang kodal agod indi tenled tang kambing.
Tomorrow we'll put horizontal rails on the fence so that goats can't get in.
3
Contradictory.
Pirming balabag mga somabat, animan sinampaling ni tatay na.
He's always being contradictory when he answers, that's why his father slapped him.
mag-
To contradict or be contrary; to talk back.
India magbalabag ang somabat ong nanay mo!
Don't talk back to your mother!
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