List of Cebuano words starting with the letter M - Page 71

n. malaria; v. get, cause to get malaria. Way lamuk nga makamalarya (makapamalarya) dinhi, There are no mosquitoes here that cause malaria. Tambáli ang gimalarya, Give medicine to the man with malaria. malaryahun a. having malaria.

see dimálas.

unlucky

a. soft-boiled, half-cooked. Malasádung itlug, Soft-boiled eggs. Ang atay malasádu nga pagkalútù, The liver was cooked rare; v. come out soft, rare, cause to do so.

n. swordfish or sailfish: Xiphias gladius, et al.

a. bananas that are almost full-grown (but still far from ripe). Basta tinggutum tub-un na ang ságing bísag malatálu pa kaáyu, In times of famine they cut down the bananas even before they mature; v. for bananas to reach this stage.

n. mackerel scad, kind of carangoid fish, but long and fleshy like a tinduk banana.

hopeful

optimist

adj. indecent

adj. obscene

filthy

immoral

lewd

broad minded

navigable

free

n. kind of fine, white rice introduced by the PACD.

adj. distant

far