albáti = [alugbáti].

albínu n albino.

albularyu = [arbularyu].

album n album, scrapbook. v 1 [A; c] put in an album. Albúmun ku ning ákung mga ritrátu, I’ll collect these pictures in an album. 2 [A12] get or obtain an album.

algudun n cotton as manufactured, commercial cotton.

alguwasil n 1 s.o. employed as a general office boy-janitor combination in offices in Spanish times. 2 constable. v [B6; a] be an alguwasil.

alhíbi n a large water container with a faucet at the bottom.

alhu n pestle. v 1 [A12] make into a pestle. 2 [a12] hit with a pestle. Alhúun tika run, I’ll hit you with a pestle.

áli v [A; c] block a path, prevent passage, be a barrier. Ang bahà nakaáli sa ámung pagtabuk, The flood prevented us from crossing to the other side. Gialíhan ku ang íyang dálan, I blocked his way. Kiring kaban iáli sa pultahan, Put this trunk as a barrier behind the door. (→) n 1 barrier. 2 a gill net set as a barrier to catch stunned fish.

*alibagbag pa- v [A; b6] avoid answering or seeming to heed by speaking off the topic, or pretend to be doing s.t. else in order to avoid the embarrassment of a confrontation. Ayaw paalibagbag ug basabása myintras gisultíhan ka nákù, Don’t sit there reading while I am talking to you. Gialibagbágan (gipaalibagbágan) ku níyag tubag kay dì man siya muadmitir nákù, He answered me off the topic to avoid admitting it.