Agutaynen - kalima

kalima

Hand.

kamay

India magte-lek ta siang ged, itaben maigadan tang kalima mo.

Don't touch that machete, your hand might be wounded.

mag-

-en

To take in one's hands; to do something by hand.

India magkalima tang indi pa agto-dol ong nio.

Don't you take in your hands that which is not yet being offered to you.

Nani, gamiten mo tang kotsara, indi kalimaen mo siang tera.

Here, use the spoon, don't eat that viand with your hands.

Napotol tang singgoy tang makina, kinalimao da lamang tang agbedbedeno.

The needle of my sewing machine broke, so I just sewed by hand what I was sewing.

boat lamang ong kalima

Handmade; made by hand.

abri tang kalima

Generous (lit. open handed).

māboat ta kalima

A thief (lit. a long hand).

mapeleg ta kalima

Industrious (lit. hand always busy).

makinit ta kalima

A person who is not good at caring for plants or animals, they are said to have “hot hands”, meaning they do not have a “green thumb”.

Indi maboi tang mga loakong rosas tenged makinit tang kalimao.

My flowers won't live because I don't have a green thumb (literally, because my hand is hot).

malamig ta kalima

A person who is good at caring for plants or animals, they are said to have “cool hands”, meaning they do have a “green thumb”.

Aroy! Kasisinlo tang mga dapo mo tenged malamig kaman tang kalima mo ong mga iloloak.

Wow! Your orchids are very beautiful because you have a green thumb (literally, because your hands are cool) when it comes to plants.