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ga'ad   n. saplings used as poles for construction.

'gaan   adj. light in weight. Aff: ma-.

'gabà₁   v. be cursed by an impersonal or personal supernatural force as a result of certain kinds of bad behaviour. Idiom: To gabà kona ogyabà. ‘A curse makes no noise (in coming).’. Kinds of bad behavior that can trigger such curse include disrespect to elders in one's family; theft; murder; adultery; oppressing the innocent.

'gabà₂   v. be accidentally cut by a sharp instrument or grass.

ga'bas   n. saw.

ga'bii   adv. yesterday.

ga'bii 'songo 'aedow   adv. day before yesterday.

ga'bing   adj. for the direction of the whinnying sound of the turtle-dove to come from the direction directly behind from the perspective of a traveller. Considered a bad omen.

'gabing   v. spread s.t. apart with some effort.

'gabun   n. fog; low clouds.

ga'da   See main entry: ga'ja.

'gadey   See main entry: 'gadoy.

'gadgad   v. for an entire household or barrio to go s.w. together for a purpose.

'gadoy   Variant: 'gadey. n. self.

ga'doyon   v. boast.

'gae   interj. surely not! exclamation of doubt over what s.o. says.

gaes   Variant: ga'yas. v. cut underbrush.

'gaet-gaet   v. for ribs to protrude due to leanness.

'gaewot   v. remove with the finger an object from the throat that is a source of choking.

'gagae   n. floor joist.

ga'hapun   adv. long-ago.

'gahit   n. strip of cleared area made around the farm to prevent wild animals from destroying crops.

'gahung   n. pit-trap.

'gahut   n. camote vine.

pang'gahut   v. gather camote vines.

'gaid   v. secure s.t. by lashing.

ga'ja   Variant: ga'da. adv. later in the same day.

ga'jod   adj. only.

'gajod   adv. also.

'gakas   v. dismantle or demolish a structure.

ga'kas   adj. dilapidated, of a house.

ga'key   v. press an animal or person against a post or tree. Aff: i-, ing-.

'gakgak   n. sleeveless shirt. Usage: archaic.

v. dismember; remove an extremity such as an arm, leg or wing from the body.

'gakit   n. raft.

v. construct a raft.

galiga'li   v. try to do s.t. one is incapable of doing.

ga'ling   v. mill or grind rice, corn or mongo beans.

'gamak   v. hold s.t. small.

ga'mat   v. ascend by foot; go to one's farm.

'gamgam   v. grope for s.t. under water.

'gamhak   v. hold s.t. soft and slimy such as mud or feces.

'gamit   v. use.

n. equipment; tool; weapon.

ga'mos   v. preserve fish with salt.

gina'mos   n. salted fish.

ga'mut   n. root.

'gana   v. enjoy or desire doing s.t.

'ganas   v. ceremonially take the bride home to the house of the bridegroom, accompanied by a female relative of the bride.

'ganat   n. grip of a spear made from a coil of brass wires.

'ganda₁   n. kind of leek, medicinal. Allium odorum.

'ganda₂   n. large kind of hardwood tree good for construction material. Bark is medicinal and also used to flavor palm wine.

ga'ngab   adj. toothless, of a person.

ga'ngey   adj. stupid, of a woman. Usage: derogatory.

'ganggan   n. red colored cloth.

'gangis   v. pull s.o.'s hair, esp. when fighting.

ga'ngu   adj. dry.

'ganì   adv. even; even as; such as; indeed. Syn: 'inggad. From: Cebuano.

ga'nina   adv. earlier today.

ga'nit   n. yam sucker.

'gansu   n. safety pin. From: Cebuano.

'gantow   n. freeboard of a boat from the waterline.

ma'gantow   adj. not fully loaded, of a boat.

'ganuy   v. pull a boat upstream.

'gapak   v. cut a buttress root, usu. either to get a piece to use as a handle or to remove the stump.

'gapas   n. cotton.

ga'pì   v. for a person outside of a dispute to take sides with one of the participants of a dispute.

'gapì   v. knock over a wall or other tall, broad object.

ga'pon   v. tie up the opening of a container, usu. baskets.

'gapus   n. rope for tying limbs of animal or person.

ga'puson   v. tie limbs of animal or person.

'garab   v. harvest rice with a sickle. From: Ilocano.

'gasa₁   n. gift. From: Cebuano.

'gasa₂   n. gauze; mantle of pressure lantern. From: Cebuano.

'gasà   adj. thin.

ga'sang   n. twig.

'gasap   v. cut and gather bamboo.

'gas-ow   n. rafter of a nipa roof.

'gastu   v. spend money.

n. expenditure. From: Cebuano.

'gata   v. cut the root of a large tree.

ga'tà   n. coconut milk.

'gatang   adj. enough for survival, of food or medicine.

'gatas   n. milk.

ga'tob   n. subterranean stream. Found near lakes. Located by observing crab holes and listening with the ear to the ground for the sound of moving water. Holes are made over the stream and traps or hooks set for catfish, which are often found in such streams.

'gatung   n. boulder.

ga'tus   n. hundred.

'gaud   n. oar fastened to the side of the boat.

'gaut   v. for s.t. (usu. a weapon) to be embedded in the flesh.

ga'wae-gawae   v. for s.t. to be piled improperly.

ga'wang   n. hole in the floor.

'gawang   v. remove.

ga'was   conj. except.

'gawey   v. grope for s.t. under water with a hand or pole without touching the bottom.

'gawgaw   v. stir water with bare hands.

ga'wid   v. clamp s.t. or s.o. tightly in the mouth, as a dog or snake would. Aff: -an.

ga'wod   n. large vine.

ga'woy   adj. better-off than s.o. else, of a person. Aff: ma-.

ga'yas   See main entry: gaes.

'gaygada   See main entry: 'gaygaja.

'gaygaja   Variant: 'gaygada. adv. later today. See: ga'ja.

'gayhung   adj. beautiful, of a woman. Aff: ma-.

'gayong   n. trunk of a fishtail, coconut or sago palm tree. Edible larvae (a'batod) of the kama'hung beetle found here.

ga'yow   n. funnel entrance of a fish trap which allows fish to enter and prevents them from escaping.

ga'yù   adj. false.

v. tell a lie; pretend.

'gayung₁   n. bamboo drinking vessel.

'gayung₂   v. override s.o.'s rights by dominating them.

v. allow oneself to be dominated. Aff: pa-.

n. rope inserted in the nose of animal used to lead it.

'giba   v. carry s.o. or s.t. on the waist, above the hips (usually a baby); hold s.t. in the lap.

gi'baejan   n. main living area of a house; floor with joists and girders. Most houses are built up off the ground, with the main parts being the pillars (or, in some cases, large tree or stump on which a house is built), main living area up off the ground, and roof area. This main living area, the level of the house where the floor is constructed along with its supporting girders ('sakbat) and joists ('gagae) is called gi'baejan.

'gibang   n. iguana.

gi'nibang   n. figure of an iguana cut from the skin of the back of a slaughtered pig as an offering to the spirit Taegbusuw; design in weaving, bead-making or tattooing following the color and scale pattern of the iguana.

gi'bing   v. for lips to be harelipped.

'gibis   v. cut narrow strips of s.t., usually pandan leaves for weaving.

'gidloy   v. be exhausted.

gi'gi   interj. tsk! exclamation of annoyance, impatience, frustration, disgust or fear, usually expressed at s.o. (the source of annoyance, etc...).

gi'hapun   adv. still; again; nevertheless.

gi'hob   n. upper abdomen.

giho'bon   v. experience pain in the upper abdomen.

gi'hoy   n. shred.

gi'hoy-gihoy   v. for s.t. to be shredded.

'gikan   prep. from. Syn: 'puun.

gini'kanan   n. parents; source.

From: Cebuano.

gi'kus   n. bunch of rattan fruit.

gi'kut   v. be tied down by responsibilities.

gi'lak-gilak   v. glitter. Aff: mang-.

gi'laung   v. converse.

gi'lawahan   Variant: gi'yawahan. n. main body of a house, excluding the porch and kitchen. See: 'yawa.

gi'lok   v. tickle.

magi'lok   adj. ticklish.

'gilong   v. behead. Usage: archaic.

'giman   n. trap for small animals.

gimas'dakan   n. bad face, look or personality. Usage: derogatory.

'gimba   n. home or house in the hinterland.

'gimbae   n. drum with skin top and hollow wooden body.

gi'muk-gimuk   v. wriggle, of a ball of worms. From: Cebuano.

gin-'anow   conj. therefore; that's why. Syn: 'kaling.

'ging-ot   adj. cramped; messy. Aff: ma-.

v. feel cramped because of too many things in an enclosed area.

'gingow   n. large freshwater fish. Stomach of this fish is used to store salted mudfish eggs.

gin'hawa   n. breath; feeling; seat of the emotions.

v. breathe.

'ginit   n. fibrous sheath at the base of palm trees. From: Cebuano.

gi'nonà   adv. just.

Gi'nuu   n. Lord; God. From: Cebuano.

gi'ok   v. step on s.t.; thresh by treading.

n. foot print; steps.

gini'ok   n. threshed rice.

gi'oy   interj. yikes! exclamation of fear or disgust.

gi'pasa'kan   n. kind of soil. See: pa'sak.

gi'pis   n. runt or smallest piglet in a litter, usually the last born. Ant: tu'mangì, tu'manod.

'gipù   v. snap; break s.t. long and slender.

gi'puen   Variant: gi'puyun. n. family unit.

'gipus   adj. unusually small, of a gall bladder. Of significance in a sacrificed animal.

gi'puyun   See main entry: gi'puen.

'gira   n. war. From: Spanish.

gi'sa   v. fry. From: Cebuano.

gi'sawan   n. kind of tree with edible fruit.

gi'suka   v. vomit.

'gità   n. juice extracted from certain substances.

gi'tae   n. ragged clothing.

gi'tas   n. oxbow meander in a river with a cutoff channel through the neck of the oxbow; cutoff oxbow meander; island in a river surrounded by an oxbow meander and cutoff channel; silted up sections of an oxbow meander between the oxbow lake and the cutoff channel through the neck of the oxbow; oxbow meander in a river; oxbow lake; dried up oxbow lake.

gi'tì   v. sprout; germinate.

'gitong   n. tang of a bolo. From: Cebuano gitung.

'gitong₂   v. cut or chop a log or tree.

gi'toy   n. rag.

gi'toy-gitoy   v. for clothes to be shredded into rags while being worn.

'giwa   v. capsize.

gi'yawahan   See main entry: gi'lawahan.

gi'yay   interj. yikes! exclamation of fear or disgust.

'goat   n. crack on a blade.

goat-'goat   adj. good, of the bird omen. The belief is that when the cry of a turtledove is heard in the one to three o'clock and nine to eleven o'clock position in the direction the traveller is moving, that is a good omen. The implication is that he will have a successful journey and a good feast ahead of him.

go'bà   v. chop down a tree; demolish a structure.

taligo'ba   n. cleared land in shifting cultivation.

go'bang   exis. be the rice planting season that occurs during the rainy season around September to January. See: pangu'lilang.

go'bay₁   interj. that's right! exclamation of agreement or approval at the statement of s.o. else.

go'bay₂   conj. so that.

go'bù   adj. weak. Aff: ma-.

go'buk   v. for a tree or wooden structure to decay.

'gobyas   v. have goose bumps. Aff: -an.

'gobyoy   adj. listless; inattentive. Aff: ma-, OvSyn: 'yod-oy, 'yomhoy.

go'da ka   interj. it serves you right!

go'dob   v. cut young corn off from the cob.

'gogey   v. hug s.o.

go'gong-an   n. nape; back of the neck.

'gohot   n. mark; line.

v. for an idea to linger in one's mind.

go'ja   n. forehead.

'gok-ae   See main entry: 'guk-ae.

go'lot   Variant: sang'golot. n. glans rim of the penis.

'gombò   v. gently hold private parts, especially the breasts or nipples of a woman.

'gomod   v. suck or hold s.t. in the mouth without chewing.

'gomos   v. gently squeeze and hold the breasts or nipples of a woman;

gomos-'gomos   v. be able to manage or cope with a job.

v. be able to manage or deal with s.o.

go'mow₁   n. wild duck.

go'mow₂   v. climb up a mountain.

go'ob   v. flood.

go'pak   n. money. Usage: euphemistic.

go'pik   v. for brittle objects to crack or break.

go'pot   v. tie two or more things together, such as wall to beam.

go'pù   v. snap; break s.t. long and slender.

gosì-'gosì   n. sensation of prickles on the skin from perspiration and the heat of the sun.

go'tab   v. cut string, vine, or similar long stringy objects with a slicing motion.

'gotan   v. be unconscious due to a blow.

go'tang   v. fall, of ripe fruit from a tree.

n. fallen ripe fruit.

'gotas   adj. breathless, from hard exercise, holding the breath, or even hunger. Aff: ma-.

'gotasan   v. hold the breath in hunger, in fainting or for no reason.

pa'gotas   v. for some reason to cause s.o. to hold the breathe in sadness or in fainting.

'gotgot   v. cut with sawing motion.

v. make a fire by rubbing bamboo sticks together with a sawing motion.

got'gotan   n. fire saw.

got'lò   See main entry: got'yò.

go'tob   v. for a threatening situation to finish off a person.

go'tod   v. cut s.t. such as a fish or snake with a slicing motion.

n. cut or slice of a fish or snake.

go'tok   n. abdomen.

got'yò   Variant: got'lò. n. creases in the skin, esp. of a fat baby or the inside of the hand and fingers.

n. measure of one joint of a finger.

'gou   n. small paddle used in rowing or steering a boat.

'gowgow   v. grope with the hands looking for s.t. underwater.

'goyad   v. imitate.

'goykoy   v. for s.t. to make a rustling sound, such as leaves in the wind, or dried copra, dried rice, or dried corn when poured or shifted. Aff: ka-.

go'yu-go'yu   n. kind of small, brown, insect eating bird.

'guad   n. digging stick sharpened at one end.

v. dig with a digging stick.

'guas   v. bite into s.t.

'gubhak   v. make a big hole in the earth, such as a gold mine.

'gubì   adj. fragile. Aff: ma-.

'gubut   v. cause trouble.

n. trouble afflicting an area.

'gudgud   v. for a shaman to search supernaturally by singing continuously. Search is usually for a diagnosis or cure for a sickness.

'gudud   See main entry: 'gujud.

'gue-uk   v. for one's hair to stand on end.

'gugma   n. love. Syn: 'liyag.

hi'gugma   v. love s.o.

From: Cebuano.

'gùgù   v. slit or pierce the throat (neck arteries) of a person or animal.

'guhù   n. bamboo torch.

'gujud   Variant: 'gudud. v. pull, drag or tow s.t. or s.o.

'sagujud   v. for s.o. to drag s.t. (such as several children) behind in addition to a full load (perhaps also of children) being carried on the person, such as on the shoulders, the back, and the waist.

kagu'judan   v. be pulled away, esp. a harvest, by spirits; have a bad harvest due to improper practice of rituals. The belief is that if the harvest ritual ('taephag) is not properly observed, a poor harvest may result.

'guk-ae   Variant: 'gok-ae. adj. askew; not neatly arranged. Aff: ma-.

v. be encumbered or uncomfortable, usually due to an awkward or bulky load.

'gukhà   v. for s.t. to become loose, such as a tied rope or packed grain.

ma'gukhà   adj. loose, of tied rope or packed grain; crumbly texture, of food.

gu'lajon   n. uncooked vegetable.

gu'lay   n. cooked vegetables.

gu'ligow   v. stir.

guli'mot   n. very small camote.

guli'muk   v. break s.t. up into tiny pieces.

'gumun   v. dishevel or tangle hair, rope, etc.

adj. disheveled ; tangled. Idiom: nagumun to ginhawa/honahona ‘be puzzled’.

'gunas   v. thresh grain.

'gungas   v. for the rim of a container or the side of a boat to be broken along the top edge. Affix: na-.

'gungì   n. midrib of a leaf such as a coconut frond.

v. remove midrib of a leaf such as a coconut frond.

gu'nit   n. ragged clothes.

'gunting   n. scissors. From: Cebuano.

'gunù   v. pick fruit.

gu'pae   n. chunk of meat.

'gupì   v. beat s.o. severely in the upper torso with fist or club.

n. thump; sound of the impact of the above kind of blow.

'gusow   Variant: 'busow. v. exterminate or kill a person; erase a person from the face of the earth.

n. evil spirit.

manggu'sawon   n. s.o. who kills many people.

'gusuk   n. rib.

'gutang   v. chop or cut up protruding branches of fallen or felled trees as preparation for burning a field.

gu'tas   v. forcefully cut s.t., esp. thick underbrush.

'gutgut   v. arouse a certain feeling as of fear, anger, or love; start the flow of milk.

gu'tow   v. for a fever to emerge from inside the body. Affix: pa-. This is seen as a sign that the patient will recover.

v. for a rash to appear on the skin.

gu'tus   v. swelling or aching of the abdomen; swelling of a dead body.

gu'ul   adj. sad.

v. be sad. Syn: 'pook. From: Cebuano.

'guyab   v. for a rat to eat.

gu'yabung   n. dry season, usually from March to May; drought.

'guyang   adj. mature, of a plant. Aff: ma-.

gu'yangan   n. forest.

magu'yangid   adj. very mature, of a plant.

gu'yangan   n. forest. See main entry: 'guyang.

'guyub   adj. noisy, of many people together. Aff: ma-.