dángan1 n 1 any pest that destroys crops. Ang mga tanum nadáut sa dángan, The plants were destroyed by the pests. 2 destruction caused by pests. Tungud sa dángan sa ilagà gamay mig áni, Because of the destruction wrought by the rats, we had a small harvest. a destructive. Dángan kaáyung bataána. Manggisì sa balasahun, What a destructive child. He rips up the magazines. v [A; b5] for pests or s.t. comparable to destroy. Ang súgal ug ínum makadángan sa pagpuyù, Gambling and drinking are destructive to family life. Gidangánan (gidángan) ang ámung humayan, Our ricefield was destroyed by pests.
dángan2 n k.o. palutput fish.
dangarag v 1 [B46; b(1)] be careless, heedless, heedless of detail. Ug magdangarag kang mulabang sa karsáda, maligsan ka giyud, If you are careless in crossing the street, you will get run over. Ayawg dangaragi nang inyung búhat arun dílì magkasáyup, Don’t be careless with your work so that you won’t make mistakes. 2 [A3] come suddenly s.w. for a reason. Mudangarag dáyun nà siya dinhi kun may kasuk-an sa íla, She runs here if anything goes wrong at home. a careless.
dangarang v [A3; b6] 1 approach. Maung nagláin ang panahun kay náa may nagdangarang nga bagyu, The weather is rather bad because a storm is approaching. 2 come into view. Ang nagdangarang nga bapur, The boat coming into view.
dangas1 a having a receding hairline. v [B] have a receding hairline. Mudangas (madangas) ang ímung agtang ug magsígi kag kálù, You will get bald on your forehead if you keep wearing a hat.
dangas2 v [B1; c1] be inattentive to what one is supposed to be doing. Nagdangas siyang nanáug. Nahúlug hinúun, She wasn’t paying attention when she went down the stairs, so she fell.
dángas, dangás = [danglas].
dángat v 1 [A2; b] reach, arrive at a place. Midángat mi sa ámung distínu, We arrived at our destination. Walà pa ku dangáti ug kwarta, No money has reached me yet. 2 [A23; b5] happen to s.o. Ayaw giyud ku basúla kun may mudángat nímu, Don’t ever blame me if s.t. happens to you. Mu nay ímung gidángat (gidangátan), That’s what happened to you. 3 [A2; b4] for time to elapse. Wà makadángat ang tulu ka adlaw namatay ang pasyinti, The patient died before three days had elapsed. Gidangtan sila ug tulu ka búlan sa Sibu, They’ve been in Cebu for three months. 4 [A2] go to a woman’s house for the purpose of proposing marriage. Mudángat ta run sa íla arun mamáyi, Let’s go to their house to make the marriage proposal. pa- v 1 [A; c] state s.t. by letter, cable, etc. Ipadángat ang ímung urdir sa ámung upisína, Send your order to our office. 2 [A; a12] cause to get s.w. 3 [a12] wait for s.t. to happen. Padangátun ang takdul únà itárì ang manuk, Wait for the full moon before you allow your cock to fight. r-an n what happens to one. Dautan ang ímung dadangátan, You will come to grief.
dángaw n measurement, the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger extended. v [A; a12] measure s.t. in dangaw’s. dangawdangaw n k.o. inchworm, caterpillar that moves by lifting the center of its body, about 2″. It turns into a butterfly. v [a4] be infested with this sort of inchworm.
dangay n 1 = [danglay]. 2 dried palutput fish.