abtik

Cebuano

adj. nimble


altu

Cebuano

n. alto voice, part, or instrument; v. play or sing the alto part. Altúhi ang átung áwit, You sing the alto to our song.


amaw

Cebuano

n. feeble-minded. Ang amaw maglisud ug sabut sa mga túgun, The feeble-minded person has a hard time understanding instructions; v. be, become feeble-minded. -un a. of a feeble-minded sort.


anhing

Cebuano

adj. late


balitaw

Cebuano

n. courtship song



báraw

Cebuano

v. 1. for fighting cocks to hit each other with their gaffs while in the air.


bunsudbunsud

Cebuano

(from bungsud) n. murex shells.


eksperimento

Cebuano

v. experient


eskaparate

Cebuano

show-window


hagin

Cebuano

n. air


kagitkit

Cebuano

n. grinding, grating sound; v. make a grinding, grating sound. Mukagitkit ang sín ug gabsun, Galvanized iron produces a grating sound if you saw on it. Magkagitkit ang lansang nga iwiriswiris sa bungbung nga simintu, Nails produce a high-pitched screeching sound when you grate them against cement.


kumbirtǐr

Cebuano

v. 1. convert someone to a faith. Makumbirtǐr kahà ang Múrus sa Kristiyanismu? Do you think the Moros could be converted to Christianity? 2. convert to an idea, convince of something new. Nakumbirtǐr aku paggámit sa Táyid, I was converted to Tide detergent; 3. convert, change something into something else. Ang dakung balay kumbirtihung ristawrant, The large house will be turned into a restaurant.


lalha

Cebuano

v. strip leaves or fronds off of a stem by ripping them with a sudden downward motion or cutting downward with a knife such that a clean break is made. Lalháun ku ang dáhun sa tubu, I’ll strip the leaves off the sugar cane.


lihisladur

Cebuano

n. legislator; v. be, become a legislator.


mantalaan

Cebuano

n. magazine


páding

Cebuano

n. 1. padding; 2. padding of the payroll; v. 1. put, use, make into padding; 2. pad the payroll. Mipáding sila sa pírul, They padded the payroll. -in-an n. having padding.


pagbabag

Cebuano

v. obstruct


payanpayan

Cebuano

v. do something half-heartedly or do something with just enough motion to give the appearance of working. Gipayanpayanan lang ang pagdáru maung wà mahuman, He didn’t put any effort into his plowing, so it never got done.


ráning

Cebuano

n. running, a violation in basketball wherein a player takes more than two steps while the ball is in his hands; v. commit the running violation.


surbíti

Cebuano

n. ice cream; v. make, make into ice cream. paN- v. have ice cream. -ru n. ice-cream vendor. -s see surbíti.


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