amag-amag (from alámag) n k.o. fish that stays near the shore and glows.
amagan see [alámag].
amagus n small, black, fresh-water shrimp that has a small white stripe on the back. a black-complexioned.
amágus n k.o. shrub bearing juicy dark red berries, 1 cm. in diameter with a nauseous taste: Homonoia riparia.
amahan see [*ama].
amahung n k.o. bivalve of sea, greenish brown in color, oblong, 2″ in length, with orange meat. Found clinging to rocks. Popularly eaten preserved in salt.
amákan n bamboo matting woven with a k.o. twill weave, commonly used for walling. The weft is passed over two and under two warp pieces. The successive weft is passed over two and under two warp pieces again, but such that the second weft passes over one and under one of the warp pieces that the first weft had passed over, and over one and under one of the warp pieces that the first weft had passed under. v [A; a12] weave amákan. -in- n s.t. woven like amákan.
am-am v [B1256] 1 be open-mouthed from having eaten s.t. spicy. Naam-am (nahaam-am) ang ákung bàbà sa síling kulikut, I opened my mouth wide when I ate the hot peppers. 2 feel stung by words of derogation which are true. Nahaam-am (naam-am) ku pag-ingun níya nga tapulan kaáyu ku, I got stung by her words that I was very lazy. hi-/ha- = [am-am].
am-ám = [alam-álam].
amamahung = [amahung].