List of Cebuano words starting with the letter K - Page 30

n. kind of herb of waste places bearing beans: Crotolaria mucronata.

(from kaági and kinabúhì) n. biography.

n. contagious skin disease, characterized by small eruptions which develop white scales and itch intensely; v. be infected with kagid. kagirun a. itch-ridden; v. be, become itch-ridden.

see *gidlay.

n. high-pitched squeak or creaking noise caused by friction; v. creak, squeak.

n. descendant

n. parentage

ancestor

n. parentage

n. snicker, laughter that is suppressed; v. snicker. Mikagìkì ang mga bátà kay walà makapamutúnis ang maistru, The children snickered because the teacher forgot to button his pants.

clatter

jingle

n. clinking, high-pitched sound of metal; v. make a clinking sound. Ang mga sinsilyu nikagilkil sa íyang bulsa, Coins jingled in his pocket. Ayawg kagilkíla ang kadína, Don’t rattle the chain.

rattle

a. stiff; v. become stiff. Makaging (mukaging) ang kusáhus ug mabulad ug dúgay, The jerked meat will get too stiff if you leave it out too long. Dúgay na siyang nakaging, He kicked off (lit. became stiff) a long time ago.

n. 1. growth on a bamboo which extends like a vine and has thorns. It grows at the tips as branches; 2. kind of spiny bamboo: Bambusa spinosa.

rattle

v. scrape something carefully so it is not damaged. Kagísa ang pintal sa bungbung, Scrape the paint off the wall; 2. shave. Kagísan únà ang pasyinti úsà upirahi, They shave the patient before operating. paN- v. shave oneself. -in- n. scrapings.

n. shrill, scraping, scratching sound; v. make a shrill, scraping sound. Nagkagiskis ang puthaw nga gikiskísan sa pintal, There was a scratching sound as the paint was being scraped off the metal.

see agis-is.