List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 54

approximate

compute

estimate

evaluate

n. guess

reckon

n. ray of light. Ang banáag sa adlaw, The sun’s rays; v. give a bright light. Sulù ang gibanáag níya sa dálan, He lighted the way with a torch; a. bright. Banáag kaáyu ang síga sa pitrumaks, The petromax gave off a bright light.

n. medium-sized tree of the secondary forest, also planted for its lilac or pink flowers. The leaves are commonly used as a tea for kidney and stomach disorders: Lagerstroemia speciosa.

n. kind of woody, spiked vine found in thickets, the tips and fruit of which are used medicinally: Smilax bracteata.

dawn

daybreak

twilight

n. lobster. paN- v. catch lobsters.

n. daybreak; v. 1. daybreak. Mibanagbánag (namanagbánag) nang kabuntágun, The day broke; 2. for a solution to dawn upon one. Mibanagbánag (namanagbánag) nang kasulbáran sa ákung suliran, The solution of the problem dawned on me.

see anáhaw.

n. 1. entrails of a human; 2. human genitalia (coarse term).

see balának.

a. hardened, pressed solid. Banal na ang dálan nga kanúnayng agiagíag sakyanan, The road that the vehicles keep passing over has been pressed down hard; v. be hardened, pressed solid and firm. Banala ang ímung láwas sa bug-at nga trabáhu, Harden your body by heavy work.

saint

n. kind of small, brightly-colored fish.