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WAYS OF SPEAKING AND THINKING 30

aka 1 To tell s.t.; to inform s.o. of s.t.
akkal 1 To think; to reason.
ara'-ara' 1 To think; guess, estimate s.t.
bakbat To talk or mumble s.t. to oneself; keep repeating the same thing; to mutter; talk nonsense.
bakil To accuse s.o. (of having an illicit love-affair or an improper relationship).
bala'2 (For a girl) to report (that a man touched her); to accuse (a man of misbehavior).
banu-banu To plan s.t.
bangkil To mention s.t.; to talk about s.t.
batin To suspect s.o. (of having done s.t. wrong).
beklas1 To stop talking; end a conversation.
bentu To put the responsibility for doing s.t. on each other; to argue about (who will do s.t.).
betta-betta For thoughts about s.t. to not cease coming into one’s mind; to not be able to stop thinking about s.t.; not being able to forget s.t. or s.o.
bidjak To talk s.o. out of or into s.t. (through flattery); to persuade s.o.; to play down the value of s.t. (what one person has or does in order to get one’s way).
bissā To speak; say.
bistiga To investigate, to question s.o. (esp. if one thinks the person has done s.t. wrong).
bumbung To persuade s.o.; to give advice to s.o. (to do a certain thing); to admonish s.o.
butanyag To make s.t. known.
kalkula To calculate, estimate s.t.
kannal To think s.t. mistakenly, have an idea wrongly.
kara-kara To speak straightforward, speak one’s mind, face s.o..
kasla To be rude; offensive.
kelolop To shout in defiance.
kemot To whisper.
kettep To lisp, stick the tongue between the teeth (when speaking).
kila-kila Perception; understanding (esp. of danger).
kilahap To scream, cry loudly, bawl, howl.
kimmat 1 To intend to do s.t., to think of doing s.t.
kolehak To shout (in anger).
koto-koto To gossip, pass on scandal or news; spread word (from house to house or person to person).
kumpas1 To estimate, guess s.t.
kunub-kunub To grumble, mutter, murmur.
dalil (dalilan ) A parable, comparison; a figure of speech.
dā'ut Double meaning (of speech).
debdab To talk nonsense, talk a lot.
diskas To complain (about being disadvantaged); to argue.
eli'an To speak using proverbs.
esseb 1 To remember s.t. or s.o.
gasud To shout, yell, speak very loudly.
haris To talk or speak about s.t. (esp. about religious matters).
hāti 5 To inform s.o. about s.t.
heto To chat; talk (informal).
higung-higung To murmur; to speak gently or softly.
hūmat To persuade s.o.; to counsel s.o.
inu-inu To accuse s.o. (not to his face); to cast a slur on, denounce.
inggal To call (a person) to eat.
istori To tell (about an event).
isun To consult with s.o., confer with, deliberate over s.t., plan s.t., come to an agreement, discuss; suggest.
iyakin To realize (that s.t. is different from what one had thought it to be).
jampa To contradict s.o.; to answer harshly and loudly (with remarks unwarranted in order to shame s.o.); to thwart s.o. (in speech).
jawab To argue; to answer back; contradict.
junjung To beg, beseech, urge or advise earnestly, adjure (to adhere to teaching or advice).
juri To argue; agitate, upset, interrogate, badger, harass, annoy.
laka'-laka' To talk obscenely.
lagbas 2 To convey, communicate, pass on information.
lalap To utter foolish or senseless words.
lanat 2 To beg s.o. to be taken along (when he goes out).
langgal3 2 To speak in an offending, affronting, insulting manner.
lapal To speak, deliver (a speech).
lawat To talk a lot (like a drunken person or a crazy one).
lebad 2 To speak with unfamiliar intonation; to add fancy expressions (in speech); to add elaborate embellishment (in vocal music, coloratura).
lebbit 1 Rash or quick (to speak); impetuous; overbold; speaking without due consideration.
letob To talk (a lot).
lettep To be quiet, to stop talking.
libag To imitate a different intonation.
lidjal To discredit s.o, to spread malicious rumors (in order to get rid of s.o.), to libel, slander, speak ill of s.o.
limanda To accuse s.o. (to the police); inform (the police of a crime); report (to authorities).
limut To backbite, to say bad things (behind a person’s back), slander.
lingan To call (to s.o.).
mahalayak To announce, proclaim s.t., make s.t. known.
matey 2 To wail (as for the dead).
mewpakkat To deliberate over s.t., sit in council over s.t.; come to a consensus on s.t.
miting To talk with s.o.
niyat To think, intend to do s.t.; to know s.t. for a fact, be certain about it.
pa'al To foretell, predict s.t.
pāka-pāka To tell bad things about s.o. (in his absence); slander.
pāku To ask for s.t., request s.t.; to pray.
pada'ak To ask s.o. to inform (the offending party of some wrong done to self).
pa'in1 1 To say, speak, tell; to think. Quotation formula.
palanu To plan to do s.t.
palata' To inform, make public, spread information.
paliksa' To check on s.t.; clarify s.t.; confirm s.t.; find out s.t. from s.o.
pangkal Straightforward (disregarding the feelings of the hearer); offending (of speech); rude.
pangew To say s.t. while sleeping.
paru To plan s.t.
pasan To send a message with s.o., to ask s.o. to relay a request.
pehemok To comfort s.o.; to persuade s.o. to take a different attitude; to pacify; to distract from s.t.
pellun To greet s.o. (esp. at the house); to welcome s.o. (at a gathering or at the house).
pengngak Nasal, adenoidal, indistinct (of speech).
pikil To think, to ponder.
poppot To jabber, gabble, prattle (a derogatory way of speaking about what s.o. else says).
puggut To complain, grumble (about being disadvantaged).
puhun To report bad behavior (in order to get sympathy or support).
sabbut1 To mention s.t.
sabit1 To greet s.o.; call out a greeting to s.o.
sabit2 To rebuke s.o., tell s.o. not to do s.t.
sabit3 To make a (complimentary or critical) remark about s.t., to remark about s.t.
sakap To be going to do s.t.; to plan to do s.t. (and get ready for it).
sagda To chide s.o.; to reprove; to tell not to do s.t.
sagina 1 To greet s.o.
sahawi To ask s.o. or talk to s.o. again (about a previously discussed item).
salba To chide, reprimand, censure s.o., stop s.o. from s.t. (by talking to him).
salla' 3 To scold, tell s.o. off, quarrel.
salsila To relate the history of things; relate or tell stories from sacred scriptures.
sambag To reply, respond, answer (in writing or from some distance).
sambat To say s.t.
sambat To ask for, request (advice or help).
sambung 1 To answer, reply.
sambung 2 To quarrel, talk back.
sanggup To promise s.t. (esp. if the thing promised was requested).
saplag To disperse, spread, make known (information).
sege' To talk s.o. into s.t.; to urge s.o.
sessa' To instruct s.o. (what to do or how to do s.t.), to charge s.o. (to do s.t.), to give a directive, to give an order (what to do in one’s absence).
sessel2 To question s.o., extract information.
siddik 2 To like or want s.t.
sisil 1 To envy, view with envy.
su'al To engage s.o. in a verbal contest or argument (usually of religious matters in order to find out how much he knows).
subahat To utter, to mention s.t.
subali To swear, to make a binding statement about s.o. (as of an oath of enmity or friendship).
subet Indistinct (of speech, because some sounds are substituted with others).
sukat2 To suggest s.t., make a suggestion, advise, recommend.
sūg-sūg To incite, nudge on, prod s.o. to do s.t. (often bad).
sugsug To trace a kin relationship, to tell how people are related.
sumariya To question s.o. (about s.t. that happened), interrogate.
sumbung To inform against, tell on s.o.; report an incident.
suna 1 To ask again about s.t.
sunsit To ask questions, inquire, quiz, probe.
suwi-suwi To tell s.t. (such as a tale, s.t. experienced); to relate an experience.
ta'at To say, pronounce, mention s.o.’s name; say s.t.
ta'awil To explain the meaning of s.t.
tadju' To inquire (if a marriage proposal may be accepted).
tali' To think about (the meaning of s.t.); to figure out (the meaning).
tanya To question s.o.
tawag 1 To summon s.o.; to call s.o. (for a specific purpose).
tawag 2 To spread word (about some occasion or about s.t. lost).
tebba' sāsab Gibberish, nonsense, rude or insulting talk.
terol Clumsy, awkward (of speaking).
tete To tell, relate s.t. (giving a lot of unnecessary information); tell everything from the beginning (more than the listener wants to hear).
tettas 2 Finish (speech or items like rice and money), end, terminate, stop (speaking); close (a legal case).
tilew To ask a question.
tokod To guess, suspect s.t.
tolo' To teach, instruct, advise s.o. (on matters of knowledge or moral).
tuksa' To accuse s.o. (of doing s.t.).
tumbuy To scold, tell off s.o. (by reminding him that he expects favors without helping).
tutul To remind s.o. (of benefits received i.e. help and/or gifts that one has given).
umey 1 To ask (a question).
upama2 To mention s.t.; to say s.t.; to relate s.t.
usul To relate s.t. (from beginning to end).
uwakas To shout, speak with a very loud voice.
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