List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 24

n. cavan, a measure for grain equivalent to 25 gantas (approximately three bushels).

a. very thin, emaciated; v. become emaciated.

joking euphemism for bakak.

a. awkward, graceless. Ang walhun bakikaw tan-áwun nga manahì, A left-handed person looks graceless when he sews; v. become clumsy, do something clumsily, awkwardly. Bakikawun gánì nímug kúgus ang bátà mahúlug giyud nà, You’ll drop the child if you carry it in such a clumsy way.

adj. queer

awkward

clumsy

grotesque

odd

weird

see balakíki.

a. steeply sloping. Bakilid kaáyu ang ámung gitúngas, We’re climbing a very steep slope; n. slope. kabakildan n. slopes.

n. slope

n. backing, material put in back of something to give it support; v. provide with a backing.

v. back up, put a vehicle in reverse. Ibáking ang dyíp, Back the jeep up.

v. miss one’s step, walk with a limp because something is wrong with one’s shoe or the path one is traversing. Mibakintul ku kay nakatunub kug gamayng batu, I missed my step because I stepped on a small rock. Nagbakintul kug lakaw kay nawálà ang píkas kung tikud, I walk unevenly because one of my heels got lost. Culu- v. walk unevenly.

n. backer in an application, financial undertaking. Bákir siya nákù sa ákung nigusyu, He is my backer in my business; v. become a backer, back something.

cowboy

v. pasture. Gibakirúhan nákù sa uma ang kanding, I pastured the goat in the fields; n. shepherd, cowherd.

frog