mananggíti n toddy gatherer. v [B156] be, become a toddy gatherer.

manánuy a sweet-sounding, melodious. Ang manánuyng tíngug sa langgam, The sweet, melodious voice of the bird.

manátad n k.o. dove: the green-winged ground dove: Chalcophaps indica. túlin pa sa — very swift.

manau, manaul1 n k.o. parasitic air plant, with long linear lanceolate leaves radiating from the center: Asplenium nidus.

manaul2 n the white-breasted sea eagle: Haliaetus leucogaster.

manay, mánay n title for a female much older than the speaker. v [A13; a12] call s.o. manáy. (→) voc. form.

maN-ay regional alternant of maN-r-.

manbad (from subad) n 1 any large deep-sea fish. 2 usurer. Nadátù siya kay mambad nga dakù, He became rich because he was a great usurer. 3 dakung — an important person of great influence. Si Lawril dakung mambad sa pulitika, Laurel is a big figure in politics. a 1 fierce and grasping. Púru mga mambad ang tagaadwána. Padug-un ka giyud ug táman, The customs people are voracious beasts. They’ll bleed you dry. 2 fierce, termagant woman. Túa na pud, gitapuk-an na pud si Tiryu sa íyang mambad nga asáwa, There goes Terio’s shrewish wife at him again. 3 s.o. that is dangerous to women. Ayawg túu níya kay mambad nà sa mga babáyi, Don’t believe him because he is dangerous to women. ka- n quality of being fierce and grasping. Ang kamambad sa pamingkúngan, The fierceness of a hammerhead shark.

mandalúsa = [salimbángun].

Mandalúyung n a district in Rizal, Luzon. taga-, gíkan sa — crazy (lit. one who has been a patient at the mental hospital in Mandaluyong).