List of Cebuano words starting with the letter M - Page 96

picker

tree

scratch

ask

question

n. non-Christian natives of Mindoro.

n. kind of bird.

n. peanut

n. peanuts. — sa kasuy a. the edible nuts of the cashew. manimani 1. kind of creeping herb similar to purslane (ulasíman) in appearance, used as pig feed; 2. kind of balat found a few inches beneath the sand along the shore. It roughly resembles a peanut.

see manubíla.

manicure

v. manage a business. -ir(→) manager. -ir(→) hiniral n. general manager; n. manager of a business or boxer; v. be, become manager.

drive

operate

v. 1. drive a motor vehicle. Ambi, aku lay mumaníhu sa dyíp, Let me drive the jeep; 2. operate or manipulate a contraption. Makamaníhu man nà siyag dagkung makina, He can operate big machines; 3. manage to make something operate. Manihúa ra ring pawuntin pin ug makahímù ka bag paági, Try fooling around with this fountain pen and see if you can make it write; 3a. see to it that something gets done. Aku lay mumaníhu arun magmalampúsun ang átung prugráma, I’ll see to it that our program is successful; 3b. manage to do something in a roundabout or underhanded way, where the usual methods won’t work. Makamaníhu ka ba pagpasulud nákù sa trabáhu? Can you manage to get me into the job? 3c. do something surreptitiously or secretly. Lingawun ku ang tindíra manihúa pud ang káha, While I keep the store clerk busy, you take care of the cash register.

n. kind of edible, small crab of shallow waters with a thick shell and strong pincers; a. quarrelsome, esp. said of women.

n. mannequin.

n. nail polish; v. manicure. -ista n. a manicurist; v. be a manicurist.

n. manicurist

n. kind of striped grouper: Grammistes sexlineatus.