búy1 n male servant, helper to another employee. Búy ku sa bikiri, I am a helper in the bakery. pa- v [A3] hire out as a helper or servant.
búy2 = [búluy].
búya1 n 1 float, buoy. v [A; a] make, make into, mark with, use as a buoy.
búya2 n agreement between parents to betroth their young or unborn children. v [A; ac] betroth unborn or young children. Buyáhun nátù ang mga bátà, Let us betroth our children. Atung ibúya ang ímung gisabak sa ílang masusu, We will betroth the child you are carrying to their infant.
buyag v [AN2; a12] 1 make a comment on s.t. Kusug siyang mamuyag ug gwápa, He makes lots of comments when he sees a good-looking girl. Wà kay katungud sa pagbuyag sa ákung pamisti, You have no right to comment on the way I dress. 2 call one’s attention to a fault. Buyaga siya kay nangurtína, Tell her her slip is showing. 3 admonish s.o. to stop doing s.t. Buyaga ang mga bátang nagsábà, Tell those noisy kids to be quiet. 4 [b8] be affected by buyag. n 1 disease afflicting a person or his possessions brought on by a compliment given by a buyágan or by a supernatural being. 2 — sa túbig k.o. skin eczema. interjection = puyra —. puyra — magical formula uttered to ward off the disease buyag said where a compliment has been made or is about to be made. pa- v 1 [A3] do s.t. to make s.o. admonish one. 2 allow s.o. to tell one to stop. -an(→) n 1 s.o. with an inherent supernatural power which causes any living thing he compliments to become ill. 2 sorcerer who can cure buyag. -l-un(←) a requiring admonishment.
buyagan n = [bunsudbunsud].
buyang n k.o. bright-colored paper umbrella, in vogue before World War II.
buyang-ang a 1 wide open. Buyang-ang nga pultahan, Wide open door. 2 for s.t. to be open to view in a brazen or ungainly way. Ang nangalígù nagbuyang-ang (nagpabuyang-ang) sa ílang láwas, The bathers are exposing their bodies. Ayaw buyang-ánga (pabuyang-ánga, ibuyang-ang) ímung balunan, Don’t let everyone see your lunch box.
buyangyang = [aguyangyang2].
buyasyas a dressed sloppily in such a way that s.t. is exposed. v [A13] be sloppily covered so that s.t. is exposed. Nagbuyasyas lang siya nga natúlug. Kítà ang páa, She didn’t cover herself well when she slept. You could see her thigh. Buyasyas lang ang ímung púlu, Your shirt is half-open.