Cebuano Dictionary

n. kind of large hawk with chocolate-brown feathers and a white-colored breast; v. consider a hawk. (←) call to drive away chickens. -un n. 1. brown and white combination of chicken feathers; 2. name given to rays with wide wing-like extensions of the body which flap as they move through the water, esp. the eagle ray: Aetobatus narinari. banugbánug, tala-(←) n. kite; v. fly, make into a kite. Magbanugbánug (magtalabanug) ta sa plása, Let’s fly a kite in the plaza.

philosopher

n. kind of fish; 1. name given to various kind of gobies; 2. name given to snakeheads.

n. color

unable

n. June

v. 1. touch, brush lightly against something Nagkahil ang dáhun sa alambris kuryinti, The leaf is in contact with the electric wire. Kahila ug hínay sa lipak arun dílì mapakling, Touch it lightly with the bamboo stick so that it won’t fall over; 2. do an activity to a lesser degree than usual. Wà gánì ku makakahil níya, haluk na hinúun, I haven’t even touched her, much less kissed her.

n. 1. cuff links; 2. coupling, mechanical device for joining things; v. 1. wear, make into cuff links; 2. join something with coupling. di- having cuff links.

n. dish of long Chinese noodles, usually served in broth.

won

n. narra, a large forest tree yielding a hard, red wood, highly prized for furniture-making: Pterocarpus indicus; v. make something of narra.

rebuke

n. pyrex, a kind of heat-resistant glassware.

n. one who touches up photographs.

n. dragnet

shelf

n. stowaway

v. flow, drip continuously. Mitabílis ang túbig sa tangking nabuslut, Water flowed continuously from the water tank that had a hole in it. -in- n. continuous flow, dripping, trickling.

v. for liquids, usually urine, to stream out with force. Kinsay mitil-is (nanil-is) sa ákung tanum? Who urinated on my plants? n. urine.

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