HANGHANG

HANGHANG is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

hanghang v {1} [A; a12] for infants to have their mouth open, yearning for food.
Naghanghang ang gutum nga pisù, The hun-gry nestlings have their mouths open.
{2} = halhal.
hángin n {1} air.
Wà nay hángin ang hásag, The pressure lantern has no more air.
{2} wind, breeze.
Mibulhut ang hángin gíkan sa dágat, The wind blew in from the sea.
{3} breath or air as necessary for the body, stamina.
Daling malúya kay kúlang sa hángin, He tires easily because he has no stamina.
{4} mere talk, idle words.
Kargádug hángin ang íyang sinulat, His arti-cle is mostly hot air.
{5} force, agency that carries s.t.
along or influences s.t.
Unsang hangínay nagdala nímu dinhi?
What brought you here?
{6} = bintus.
{7} in phrases: birdi nga n a draft that makes a person ill when his back is exposed to it, esp.
when perspiring.
dautan nga n an ill wind that carries with it certain evil e?
ects.
Muhurus gánì ang dautang hángin, dúnay balatían nga muabut, When an ill wind blows, an epidemic will break out.
itum nga ill wind that brings serious pestilence or death.
pabur sa for a sail to be square before the wind, so as to catch the full force.
Túlin ang sakayan kay pabur sa hángin, The boat is moving fast because it is catching the full force of the wind.
may crackpot, full of crazy ideas.
a windy.
Hángin kaáyu rung adláwa, It is very windy today.
v {1} [B; a12] be-come windy.
Mulawud siya bísag maghángin, He goes out to sea even if it is windy.
{2} [a2] be blown by the wind.
Dat-úgi nang mga papil kay hangínun unyà, Put a weight on the papers because the wind might blow them away.
{3} [B2] get pu?
ed up, conceited.
Nagkahangin siya sukad marayna, She has been pu?
ed up ever since she was made a beauty queen.
{4} [b8] be missed by a hairbreadth.
Nahanginan ang ákung úlu sa bála, A bullet missed my head by a hairbreadth.
{5} [b4] be crazy.
Kubad siyang musulti, mu rag gihanginan siya, He speaks o?
the subject as if he were crazy.
pa-() v [A; b4] expose oneself to the wind draft.
Magpahangin ta sa baybáyun, Lets get some air at the seashore.
Giubu ang bátà nga gipahanginan, The child was exposed to the draft and caught a cold.
-an(), balat -an() n k.
o.
sea cucumber that shrinks greatly when taken out of the water.
ka-an n atmosphere, air space.
pwirsa sa ka-an n Air Force.
-un a crackpot, characterized by silly and imprac-tical ideas.
Hangínun kaáyu siyag mga plánu.
Anus-a gud nà musalir?
Hes full of batty ideas.
How could that ever succeed?
-un() ug útuk a boastful.
Lábung manulti kay hanginug útuk, He exaggerates because he is boastful.

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