bálabag
Sense
n
English Transverse beam of a structure.
v
Affixes mag-, m-, pa-, ipa-, pa-an
English To do something in a transverse direction.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Mágbabálabag i iga' nirá.
English Their sleeping is
across
the
width
of
the
house.
Antonym durus
Sense
v
Affixes piya-an*
English To be fined for attempting to marry a girl who has already privately agreed to marry s.o. else.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega nakatabus i pangasawa it ku'asawa ngayting lalaki ka píyabalabágan nat bekeng lalaki.
English That man who wants to marry wasn't able to go through with it because he was
caused
to
be
fined by another man (whom the girl had already privately agreed to marry).
n
kabálabágan
English Name of fine paid by man attempting to marry as above.
Derivative miyálabag
n
Note Highest peak in a range (from which one can see far in each direction).