Cebuano Dictionary

n. brush; v. brush something Brasi ang makinilya, Clean the typewriter with a brush.

n. Thursday

n. experiment as a school problem.

street

undershirt

[time word or particle] last

custom

shame

n. edible swimming crabs, found in shallow and deep waters, rather similar in shape and flavor to the blue crabs sold in the States. They differ from other crabs in that the shell has two sharp points on the sides, both claws are the same size and only slightly larger than the other limbs. Deep-sea specimens may grow as big as a foot across. paN- v. catch this sort of crab. -an, paN-an n. place where these crabs are found.

v. for something to spread over an area. Milapánag ang túbig sa daruhan, The water spread over the fields. Ang íyang ap-ap naglapanag sa íyang tibuuk láwas, His fungus is spreading all over his body. Wà makalapánag ang balità, The news didn’t get very far.

agasilak

mesh

(from Tagalog púnas) v. wipe oneself with a wet towel or face cloth (slang). Dì na lang ku mugúli kay nakanaspu na ku, I will not take a bath because I have already wiped myself with a wet towel.

steady

n. currency

see síti páris. see síti.

v. swing, spin around; cause something to do so. Mitabuylug ang bátà sa písì, The child hung to a rope and swung around. Nagtabuylug ang tyubíbu, The merry-go-round is spinning around.

prefix added to roots which refer to something which happens seasonally to form nouns which mean ‘season or time of the day that (so-and-so) takes place’. Most forms with ting- have short penults. Sayung buntag nga mauy tinglusad sa manuk, The early morning hours when the chickens come down from their perches. Tingbunga (tingpamunga) sa mangga, The mango season. Tingadlaw (ting-adlaw), The hot season. Tingbálud, The wavy season.

v. have wisdom teeth. Pagkabátà pa nímu giwisdáman ka na? You have a wisdom tooth at your age? — tut n. wisdom tooth.

n. key