Agutaynen - ge-ley

1

Small in size; little; tiny.

maliit; munti

Ge-ley pa tang baboy amen.

Our pig is still small.

Ipatabóan mo kay tang mga kosing gege-ley, pamantaki tani ong dibabaw.

Take the kittens (lit. small cats) downstairs, they are pooping here upstairs.

manawa, mabael

maN-

For something or someone to become smaller.

Angay bato nangge-ley da tang lambongo?

Why do you suppose my shirt became smaller?

Few; small amount.

kaunti

Onday ka ta ge-ley tang agpanganen mo.

Please give me a small amount of what you're eating.

pirapa

yadi, doro

-en, pa--en

To make a small amount of something; to make something small or smaller; to reduce or decrease the size or amount of something.

Gine-ley mo ra ka lamang tang linotok mong tera?

Did you make the viand you cooked just a small amount?

Page-leyen mo kay tang agboaten mong baskit.

Make the basket you are working on small.

boin, bawas, ted

may ge-ley na

Literally, he/she has a little. (This idiomatic expression refers to having little intelligence or lacking mentally. This is very derogatory to say about someone.)

2

pangge-ley ge-ley

To feel uncomfortable, intimitated, shy or embarrassed around others; to try to be inconspicuous (literally, to make oneself smaller).

Pangge-ley ge-leyo asing don ami ra ong kombida tenged dorong mga taw.

I felt embarrased when we were there at the party because there were so many people.

enlek, eyak

3

agge-leyen, agge-ley ge-leyen

To belittle or ridicule another person; to degrade someone; to put others down (lit. to make them smaller.)

Agge-leyen nira tang domang taw ang mga pobri.

They belittle other people who are poor.

4

Nearly; almost.

ge-ley lamang

muntik

Asing naosog tang nanay na, ge-ley lamang ang napatay.

When my mother was cursed with diarrhea and vomiting, she nearly died.

Ge-ley lamang nabo-logano rin ta nioy asing papanawo ong kanioyan.

I was almost hit by a falling coconut while walking through the coconut palm grove.

korang, rin, alos