Meaning of pagu

a. burnt to a crisp. Dì na ni makáun kay pagu na kaáyu, You can’t eat this any more because it has been burnt to a crisp; v. be burnt to a crisp.

v. welsh on a bet, delay payment. Kinsay nagpágu sa tanang pusta nga nahánaw man lang? Who ran away without paying the bets? Ákù lang úsà ning pagúhun (ipágu) nga pusta, I won’t pay my bet for the time being; n. 1. amount which one failed to pay. Pilay ímung págu kaníya? How big an amount did you welsh on? 2. comeuppance, just deserts. Mau kanay págu nímu, That’s what you get!

n. a small brownish bird of the bush, with a body about 2″ in length.