kalàkalà n 1 croaking sound of frogs. 2 sputtering sound of defective engines. 3 sound of s.t. boiled at a stage when the water and the material boiled has formed a soft and thick mass. v [A3] croak, sputter. Mukalàkalà giyud ang mga bakì sa panahun sa ting-ulan, Frogs croak on rainy days. Ipatan-aw ang trák kay nagkalàkalà ang tíngug, Have the car checked because the engine sputters.
kaláki see láki2.
kalakkalak n sputtering sound of a defective machine. v [B46; b6] for a defective machine to sputter. Mukalakkalak ang makina ug náay dipiktu, The sewing machine will sputter when there’s s.t. wrong with it.
kalam v [A; a] plow by describing a spiral starting at the outer edge of the field. Kalamun nákù pagdáru arun maapil ang mga daplin, I’ll plow the field circularly so that the outer edges are also plowed. n spiral described by this manner of plowing.
kálam (not without l) v [A; a2] 1 search, look for. Mukálam pa siya sa íyang hunsuy nga nawā̀, He still has to look for the pipe he lost. Labihan nakakálam ang pulis sa gipangítang kawatan, How the policeman looked for the thief that was wanted! Kaláma ang dinakpan ug wà bay armas, Search the prisoner to see if he is armed. 2 earn a living. Inyung amahan ang nagkálam sa átung gikaun, It is your father who earns what we eat.
kalamalunggay = [kalamunggay].
kalamansi, kalamansì (not without l) = [limunsítu].
kalamantígì n ornamental annual growing to 2′ high, bearing red, white, and pink flowers, and fleshy capsules which burst when touched: Impatiens balsamina.
kalámay n 1 sugar. 2 brown sugar (as opposed to asúkar). v 1 [A1; a2] make sugar. 2 [B5] become sugar. Kun itúsun ang tubà mukámay (makámay) diay, Palm toddy can also be made into sugar by crystallizing it. (→) v [A; c] 1 put sugar into. Kamayan tang ímung tsá? Shall I put sugar in your tea? 2 sweet-talk s.o. Ímu na pud kung gikamayan, You’re giving me sweet talk again. 2a bisan -an pa no matter what inducement is given (even if you put sugar on it). Bísag kamayan pa, dì giyud ku musugut níya, I wouldn’t accept him for all the tea in China. 3 [B246] for coconut taffy to fail to turn out and become crystalline and sandy. Daling mukamay ang kukunat ug kúwang sa lubi, The coconut taffy comes out sandy if you don’t use enough coconut milk. 4 [A; a] (not without l) make kalamay. n (not without l) sweets made from ground sticky rice boiled with the juice of coconut meat and brown sugar.
kalamayu, kalamáyu n an acute infection which has swollen and become red, but not yet open or oozing. v [BN; a4] be acutely inflamed. Nangalamáyu (nikalamáyu, nakalamáyu, gikalamáyu) ang íyang samad, His wound became acutely inflamed.