paliya, palíya n widely cultivated vine producing an elongated fruit with wart-like skin, eaten unripe as a vegetable, having a bitter taste: Momordica charantia.
paliyar v 1 [B6; b4(1)] for an engine to malfunction. Sus, nagpaliyar na pud ning kagangkagang! Darn! This rattletrap is breaking down again! 2 [B6] for a plan to fail to come out successfully. Mipaliyar ang ámung sábut nga mangalígù kay nag-ulan, Our plans to go swimming didn’t materialize because it rained. 3 [A2; c1] default in payment. Nakapaliyar kug usa ka instulmin sa pagdaut nákù, I failed to pay one installment when I got sick. 4 [B36] for one’s health to fail. Mipaliyar ang íyang láwas tungud sa síging bilar, She kept staying up nights and it ruined her health. palyádu, palyáwu a 1 malfunctioning. 2 failing to come out. 3 defaulting in payments. 4 failing in health. v [B12] break down.
paliyu n flat, pointed stick, usually bamboo, used as a needle to string tobacco leaves together. v [A; a12] make into a paliyu. (←) n 1 match stick, toothpick. 2 swab of cotton on a thin stick. v [A; c] swab s.t. Paliyúhan giyud ang búug arun dì mudalítay, Swab the thick ear discharge so that it won’t ooze out.
palku n 1 balcony of a theater or a house. 2 small improvised hut built fronting a stage as a box for viewers. palkupalku n a raised flooring or stage for a performance.
palma n palm plant or any part thereof. Ang palma simbulu sa kadaúgan, The palm is a symbol of victory. — ulíba olive palm, a palm of the same genus as the pitúgu, but somewhat smaller.
palmíra n any of a number of small pinnate-leafed palms, potted or planted for ornamental purposes.
palmíta n 1 rod for punishment. 2 punishment with a rod. v [A; a] administer the rod. Kusug mupalmíta ang mga páring Katsílà, The Spanish priests were fond of punishing the children with a rod.
palmu n a game of marbles in which marbles are made to bounce off a board. The first player shoots and the second player tries to hit the first player’s marble or get within a certain distance. If he fails, the first player throws again, and so forth. v 1 [AC; c] play a game of palmu. 2 [c6] in basketball, shoot the ball into the basket by making it bounce off the board first.
palmug = pamulug. see [bulug3].
palpag a disheveled. v [B; c1] be disheveled. Ang íyang buhuk mipalpag tungud sa hilabihang kauga, Her hair was disheveled because it was so dry.