aw-aw

Cebuano

v. bark. Ay lag dágan ug aw-áwun (hiaw-awan) ka sa irù, Don’t run if the dog barks at you; n. dish prepared from dog meat (slang). Aw-aw ang ílang gisumsum, They had dog meat to go with their drinks.


baha

Cebuano

n. flood


bildúra

Cebuano

n. vegetables, root crops cooked in stews and soups with meat; v. cook vegetables with soup or stew.


butang

Cebuano

n. affair


kabubut-on

Cebuano

deliberate



kálat

Cebuano

v. 1. be scattered in a confused manner, cause something to be so. Kinsay nagkálat sa mga duwáan sa sáwug? Who scattered the toys all over the floor? Hipúsa ang mga papil nga nagkálat sa salug, Gather the pieces of paper scattered all over the floor. Ayaw ikálat ang mga bulingun sa salug, Don’t scatter the soiled clothes on the floor; 2. for news, rumors to spread. Mikálat ang hulungíhung báhin sa ribulusiyun, There were rumors about a revolution that began to spread.


karapatdápat

Cebuano

humorous euphemism for karapáta.


kumpisur

Cebuano

n. priest who hears confession and gives absolution.


kusmud

Cebuano

v. pout and frown in displeasure or disapproval. Ayawg kusmúra (ikusmud) nang nawung mu ug dì ka tumánan, Don’t pout when you don’t get what you want.


lagumon

Cebuano

opaque


mayordomo

Cebuano

n. butler


mga gikagikanan

Cebuano

aborigines


mistík

Cebuano

n. mistake; v. make a mistake in school or on one’s paper.


nataran

Cebuano

courtyard


pag-aasawa

Cebuano

marry


paglimod

Cebuano

v. conceal


palungpung

Cebuano

n. toddy container made of a bamboo tube, two or three nodes long, with no handle; v. make into a palungpung.


paon

Cebuano

bait


sapnig

Cebuano

v. 1. strike off, level off something heaping; 2. gather small things piled on something flat towards the center by bringing up the sides. Aku ray musapnig sa bugas arun dì mayabu, I’ll pile up the rice at the center of the mat so that it won’t spill over the edges; 3. for a sheet to overlap something Isapnig (sapníga) ang isig ka daplin sa papil, Let the edges of the paper overlap; 4. put something right next to something else. Isapnig ang kaldíru sa kaláyu, Put the pot next to the fire.


tábung

Cebuano

see tulábung.


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