nánaw v [A; a2b2] 1 gaze over a wide area. Ginánaw sa mamumulung ang mga nawung sa nanambúngay, The speaker looked at the faces of the audience. 2 scan an area to look for s.t. Minánaw siya sa dágat pamásin nga dúnay mga isdà, He scanned the sea in hopes of finding fish.
nánay n mother. Háin man si Nánay mu? Where is your mother? v 1 [A; a12] call s.o. mother. Nanáyun lang ka nákù kay sáma ka sa inahan nákù, I’ll call you Mother because you are like a mother to me. 2 [B1256] become a mother. (→) voc. short form: nay.
nang see [manang].
nangkà n jackfruit, a medium-sized tree cultivated for its large spiny fruit, which may reach 70 lbs. and is eaten unripe cooked and raw when ripe. The seeds are eaten as a vegetable, roasted or boiled: Artocarpus heterophyllus. nahulugan ug — for a face to have smallpox scars (lit. a jackfruit fell on it). v [A13; b6] cook s.t. with unripe jackfruit. Nangkaan nátù ning bulad, Let’s cook the dried fish with jackfruit.
nangnang v [B] be badly infected and festering (more severe infection than ngasngas). Ug magbulad ka, munangnang (manangnang) giyud nang hubag mu, If you keep staying in the sun your inflammation will worsen and fester.
nanhi = [nganhi] (dialectal).
naniw = [laniw].
nánu1 = [ngánu], [unsa] (dialectal).
nánu2 n = [nána] (male).
nánuy a soft and sweet, melodious. Nánuy nga sunáta sa tipanu, The soft and sweet melody of the flute.