lablab v 1 [AB12; ab2] slash, tear in a long slash. Malablab ang bandíra ug kusgun ug hángin, The flag will get ripped if it is blown in too strong a wind. 2 [B6; c1] be loose fitting. Mulablab (malablab) ang ímung sáya ug ímung padakuan, Your skirt will be very loose if you have it enlarged. — ang bàbà v [B6; c1] shoot off the mouth with unsensical, boasting talk. Naglablab ang bàbà sa táwung nahubug, The man who got drunk became very talkative. n 1 big rip, slashed part. Ang lablab sa sáku gipíkut, The big rip on the sack was mended. 2 nonsensical talk, boasting. a loose fitting.
labnaw a 1 heavily diluted, having too much water. Labnaw ra ning pagkalúgaw, This porridge has too much water in it. Labnaw ug dugù, Weak-blooded, lacking drive or guts. 2 cool, lacking in warmth. Labnaw siyag tinagdan sa mga bisíta kay dílì íyang grúpu, She received her visitors coolly because they weren’t her crowd. v [B; ab7] 1 be diluted, put too much water in a mixture. Nagkalabnaw man ning ímung kapi nga daghan na hinúun kag súkì, Your coffee is becoming weaker now that you have lots of customers. 2 get too cold, lacking in ardor.
labni v [A; a] snatch, grab with a jerk, esp. s.t. that s.o. has. Wà mailhi sa dalága ang milabni sa íyang pitáka, The maiden did not recognize the man who snatched her bag. Gilabni lang níya ang suwat sa ákung kamut, He just snatched the letter out of my hand.
labnit v [A; a] snatch s.t. attached or just placed s.w. with a jerk. Gilabnit ang íyang bangkaw ug mikaratil pagkanáug, He grabbed his spear from the place he had put it and rushed out.
labnub, labnug = [lagnub].
labnut v [A; a] pull s.t. with a jerk, usually s.t. that is in s.t. else. Sa íyang kapungut gilabnut níya ang tahì sa sanínà, In her anger she ripped out the stitches of her dress. Ang kurd sa plantsa dílì labnútun, hináyun pag-ibut, You should pull out the cord slowly, not with a jerk. Gilabnútan aku níya sa buhuk, He pulled my hair.
labsik a lovesick. Labsik kaáyu nà siya, maung ganíwang, He is so lovesick that he has grown thin. v [B12] get lovesick.
labsit n game of tennis or pingpong played so that a player is declared winner if he gets half the score of the set without letting his opponent get a single point. v 1 [A; a12] win by this method. Musúkul ka nákù labsítun tika, Are you going to play against me? I’m going to beat you eleven to nothing. 2 [a12b8] get nothing for one’s efforts. Wà ku makalabsit sa ákung pagpanágat, I did not go fishing for nothing. I got s.t.
labtik v 1 [A; b] strike with a flicking or snapping motion. Labtíkan tikaw sa lastiku, I’ll flick the rubber band at you. Hilabtikan ka sa nawung ug buy-an ku ring sanga, You’ll get lashed in the face if I let go off this branch suddenly. 2 [B46] for a mechanism to click or snap. Nagpúsing pa ku, nilabtik na diay ang kamira, I was still posing, but the camera had already clicked. 2a [A] for the heart to beat. Milabtik ang ákung dughan sa kahinangup, My heart beat with joy at seeing her. n 1 whip or s.t. to flick at s.t. 1a reins of a carabao: a rope usually about 3–4 meters long attached to the end of the nose cord (pangilung). It is snapped on the carabao’s back to urge it on. 2 action of flicking. pa- hint, s.t. said indirectly. Ang íyang mulù nga wà pay swildu ági lag palabtik nga muhulam siyag kwarta, His complaints that he hadn’t been paid were just his way of hinting that he’d like to borrow money. v [A; b] give hints.
labting v [A; b6(1)] whip s.o. by flicking s.t. long and somewhat pliant at him. Gilabtíngan nákù siyag tualya, I flicked her with my towel.