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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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speech will entrap you. {3a} [A3SN; a12] for two parties<br />

to make a secret agreement in gambling in order<br />

to bilk a third player. Dakù ang ákung pildi kay<br />

nabáling man ku, I lost heavily because they duped<br />

me. {4} [A23PC; ab2c] capture ones attention, affections.<br />

Nagkabáling ang ílang tinan-awan, Their eyes<br />

met. Balíngun níya ang ímung pagtagad, He will capture<br />

your attention. Wà níya ibáling ang íyang pagtagad<br />

ngadtu sa uban, He did not turn his affections<br />

to the others. () n = báling. paN- v [A; b6] fish<br />

with nets. n fishing with nets. hiN-, maN-r-() a one<br />

who likes to ensnare people. Dalì rang ikítà ug áway,<br />

himáling (mamamaling) tuhù, She looks for trouble.<br />

She likes to ensnare people. n {1} fish caught with<br />

nets. {2} s.t. captured by stratagem.<br />

balingag a careless, inattentive to what one is about.<br />

Balingag ka man gud, mu nang nakalimtan nímu ang<br />

malíta, Youre careless. Thats why you forgot the suitcase.<br />

v [B1] {1} be careless and forget s.t. {2} mistake<br />

s.o. for s.o. else. Nabalingag ku nímu kang Husi,<br />

maung gisampit ta ka, I mistook you for José. Thats<br />

why I called you.<br />

balingay v [A; bc1] hook s.t. at the back <strong>of</strong> the shoulder,<br />

esp. the bamboo palm-toddy container (kawit).<br />

Balingaya (ibalingay) ang kawit, Carry the toddy tube<br />

hooked on your shoulder.<br />

balingbing n carambola, a small cultivated tree with<br />

oblong fruit having longitudinal angular lobes. The<br />

fruit is fleshy and acidic and consumed fresh or pickled:<br />

Averrhoa carambola.<br />

balíngit = tukaw.<br />

balingkágas v [B2; b6] become skinny because <strong>of</strong><br />

overindulgence in vice. Makabalingkágas (makapabalingkágas)<br />

nang pagsilábig pamutakal, Overindulgence<br />

in women can make one skinny.<br />

balingkawang = balat-ang.<br />

balingkút a hard to please. Pagkabalingkút bayang<br />

tawhána. Dílì madalag paayun-áyun, How stubborn<br />

he is. No matter how hard you try, you cant persuade<br />

him. v [B] become hard to please.<br />

balingug = balingag.<br />

balinsalà, balinsálà n k.o. small edible bivalve clam.<br />

balinsay n k.o. game <strong>of</strong> tossing a handful <strong>of</strong> small<br />

objects, usually cowries, to be caught by the back <strong>of</strong><br />

the hand, and then tossed again caught on the palm.<br />

The pieces that fall to the floor are paired <strong>of</strong>f. In each<br />

pair one is made to hit the other by flicking it. If the<br />

player misses or hits more than one piece, hes burnt<br />

(pasù) and loses his turn. The object is to get rid <strong>of</strong><br />

the pieces without losing ones turn. v {1} [C2; ac] play

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