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la'ba v. launder. Syn: 'dakdak. From: Spanish lavar.
'lahì n. kind of small bamboo. Used to make arrow shafts.
'lamag See main entry: 'yamag.
la'mì Variant: ya'mì. n. taste.
mala'mì adj. delicious.
la'misa n. table. From: Spanish.
lam'pasu v. mop. From: Cebuano.
'lansa n. riverboat. From: English launch.
'largu v. proceed s.w. Syn: pa'dajun. From: Cebuano.
'lata n. can. From: Spanish.
li'ad adj. reverse side of s.t.
v. fall backwards.
'liat v. roll eyes backward, so that the whites are seen.
'libad v. appease; comfort.
libà-'libà adj. joker; fond of making jokes.
li'bang v. cut the other side of a tree higher than the first cut on the opposite side when felling a tree.
'libas n. kind of tree with sour fruit which stains the teeth yellow. Tarry yellow stains difficult to remove.
'libat adj. cross-eyed.
'libkag Variant: 'libkas. v. spring back into normal shape.
'libkas See main entry: 'libkag.
li'bod v. coil or wind around s.t.
'libod Variant: 'libog. v. be puzzled.
'libog See main entry: 'libod.
'libong v. surround.
li'boy-ung v. for water to stand in puddle.
'libru n. book. From: Spanish.
'libsug adj. fleshy, full-fleshed, of a banana or person. Aff: ma-.
Lib'takan n. name of the spirit of the weather.
'libtu v. spring upward.
'libu n. thousand.
'libu ka 'libu n. million.
li'bu no li'bu no ka libu n. billion.
'libut Variant: 'ligbut. v. surround.
kali'butan n. world.
li'buuk v. build the framework of a building.
'lidgid v. walk by steadying oneself on object.
lidik-'lidik v. circle around s.t. in the air, as a hawk.
li'du adj. cross-eyed, but not severely so.
'lidù n. problem.
'lidung v. deny; lie; deceive.
Maka'lidung n. name of the spirit believed to have built the pillars supporting the world.
'ligad v. roll.
'ligas v. slip out; disagree.
'lig-at v. for a person to be dehydrated.
'ligbos n. mushroom that appears during the stormy season (habagat).
'ligbut See main entry: 'libut.
'ligdong adj. honorable.
v. maintain high moral standards.
'ligi v. be bedridden.
li'gid n. wheel. From: Cebuano.
'ligid v. rape a woman.
li'gis v. crush by rolling.
lig'kumun adj. luxuriant foliage, of a tree. Aff: ma-.
'ligò v. for water to stand in puddle.
'ligot v. rotate; spin.
'lig-ot adj. narrow. Aff: ma-.
'ligpak n. chip of wood; physical scar.
'ligpit Variant: 'lipit. v. clamp.
'ligsok See main entry: 'digsok.
'ligsom adj. dirty.
'ligtas v. make releasing stroke; make final blow in felling a tree; cut rope holding logs together; free s.o. of bonds.
'ligtim adj. dirty and wet. Aff: ma-.
'ligtob v. pinch.
'ligu n. winnowing basket.
'ligub v. spread all over the body, of a disease.
'ligwat n. lever.
li'hid v. smear or rub s.t. onto a small area of skin.
'lihok v. move.
kali'hokan n. activity.
'likà n. sheath or layered stalk of plants like banana and abaca.
v. cut sections of a banana stalk to be used as plates.
li'kan n. ferrule of metal implements.
'likanan v. put a ferrule on a handle.
'likat prep. from.
li'koy v. evade.
'likù v. curve.
likud-'likud n. kind of war bolo with a straight back.
li'kun v. for a rope to loop.
li'ma n. five.
'limas v. drain.
li'matok n. leech.
'limbas n. metal file.
'limbay n. kind of indigenous song.
lim'botug v. have small swells or bumps on the skin such as those caused by mosquitos or ants.
limbu'bungan See main entry: binu'bungan.
'limbung v. deceive. From: Cebuano.
lim'butung n. disguise; s.t. that represents the real thing.
v. disguise; represent s.t. else.
'limbutung n. long sleeved abaca armor shirt. Woven from abaca fiber and cotton. Mainly to resist arrows at long range.
'limid v. be smeared with one's own feces. Usually applied to babies or animals.
li'mong v. make s.t. invisible.
li'mos-limos v. keep s.t. valued for one's own use.
'limpas v. make an animal sacrifice to clear evil infuence on a person; ransom a person from disease by making a sacrifice in lieu of the person.
n. sacrificed animal offered to spirit as substitute for person being attacked by that spirit.
'limpiyu adj. clean. From: Spanish.
'limpuguk adj. round.
li'nimpuguk adj. oval.
'limpuug adv. for s.t. to thud when falling.
'limu v. mistake the identity of s.o. or s.t. for another; say s.t. unintentionally as a slip of the tongue.
hi'limu v. unknowingly marry a close relative.
palimu-'limu v. assume the identity of another.
'limuk n. woman.
li'mukon n. turtledove.
'limun adj. circular; round. Aff: ma-.
limun'situ n. kalamansi. From: Cebuano.
li'mus n. alms.
li'musan n. begger.
'limut v. surround.
li'muut v. worry.
linam'bosan n. warrior with the third highest rank. Refers to a man who has killed about fifteen people. See main entry: ba'gani.
'linas n. bark of a tree (removed, not on the tree). Syn: pa'lis.
'lindog n. trunk of a tree; carriage of a person.
v. erect s.t. long and vertical (e.g. a post).
'lingag v. preoccupy maternally; for a mother to feel an urgency to return to her child.
li'ngagngag n. pharynx; pharyngeal cavity of a person, what one can see at the back of a gaping mouth.
li'ngap adj. alert, of women; turning the head from side to side as if looking for s.o.; often implies flirtatiousness.
'lingat v. remove certain things such as hooks or nails, which are stuck; release.
'linggow v. for a dove to coo.
'linghag v. peep.
'lingì v. glance; turn the head to the side to look.
na'lingian v. be glanced at by a spirit, and thus fall ill.
'lingig v. catch fish by slashing floating water plants in a lake during the dry season with a bolo. Aff: pan-.
'lingkad v. turn or flip a heavy object such as a rock or log to look at what is beneath.
'lingon v. coil a rope like object.
li'ngow v. forget.
li'nombong n. kind of small round rattan basket sealed with the pulp of tabun-'tabun seeds.
'linop v. engulf with rising water.
'linow adj. peaceful. Aff: ma-.
'linow n. wider and deeper section of a river, often characterised by large eddys flowing in the opposite direction.
li'nubù v. for leaves of the nipa palm or sugar cane shoots to flourish.
li'og n. neck.
'liot v. weave or walk through obstacles. Aff: pa-.
li'ow v. leave a house.
'lipad v. mislay s.t.
'lipagos adj. active, lively in movement. Aff: ma-.
n. industriousness. Aff: ka-.
'lipak v. for split bamboo to clap when shaken.
n. clapper made of split bamboo. Placed in a field to drive away birds. Activated by strings from the clapper to the watch house.
'lipang v. for corn to reach the robust stage of growth, about two months after planting.
lipa'ra v. notice. From: Cebuano dipara.
'lipas v. make a detour.
'lipay v. be happy.
'lipid adj. flat.
li'pit adj. small, of a vagina; virgin, of a woman. Usage: derogatory. Used by women of women.
'lipit See main entry: 'ligpit.
lipo'dong v. sleep.
'lipong adj. dizzy.
'lipot v. wrap s.o. tightly as a shield against exposure.
'lipus n. warrior with the highest rank. Refers to a man who has killed more than twenty-five people. See main entry: ba'gani.
'liput n. treachery.
v. attack at the back; attack treacherously.
li'sag n. drumstick for beating the drum or gong.
'lisag v. beat a drum or gong.
lisa'hà n. louse egg; nit.
'lisang v. terrify.
'lisig v. expand distance, time or space.
li'sit n. clitoris.
lisi'ton adj. big, of a clitoris. Usage: derogatory. Used by women of women.
pali'sit interj. exclamation at s.o. indicating that that person got the deserved punishment, often accompanied with the action of pulling down one's lower eyelid at the person. Usage: derogatory.
'liskog adj. stiff.
'lislis v. scrap skin.
Lis'ngadan n. name of a mythical man.
li'sod adj. difficult. Aff: ma-.
kali'sod difficulty.
'lista v. list.
listahan n. list.
From: English.
'lisu n. seed of a plant; clitoris.
li'suhon adj. seedy, of a plant.
adj. large, of a clitoris. Usage: derogatory. Used by women of women.
lisu'han n. core of certain fruits such as pineapple and banana.
'litad v. lose sight of s.o. or s.t.
'lit-ag n. noose trap.
li'tok n. clitoris.
li'tratu n. picture. From: Cebuano ritratu.
'litsi n. semen; milk. Syn: 'gatas. From: Cebuano.
lit'sun n. roast whole pig; roast fowl by extension. From: Cebuano.
li'tuk v. articulate.
li'ud v. sprain; dislocate a bone.
'lius v. for s.o. to arrive after s.o. else has left; for s.o. to have left and be already out of sight.
'liwag Variant: 'liwog. v. travel circuitously by river.
ma'liwag adj. long winded, of speech.
li'wak v. have time to do s.t.
'liwas v. for an event to be over.
li'wat n. offspring.
ka'liwat n. descendant.
pali'watan n. ethnic group.
'liwog See main entry: 'liwag.
li'yabi n. key. Syn: 'yabi. From: Spanish la llave.
li'yag v. want; like; love.
nali'yagan n. beloved.
'liyu n. other side of a wall.
v. go to the other side of a wall.
'liyù n. whirlpool; eddy.
v. be caught in a whirlpool.
li'yuan n. place where there is a whirlpool.
lu'gar n. place. Syn: 'banwa. From: Spanish.
'lugaw n. rice porridge. Syn: bi'nibug. From: Cebuano.
'Lunis n. Monday.
'luyluy n. noose trap for small animals.