Cebuano Dictionary

incentive

I, me. Aku lang, Let me do it. Short form: ku. Adtu na ku (aku), I’m going now. ay — nímu expression of helpless frustration at someone’s incompetence. Ay ku nímu, undù. Mag-unsa man lang ka ug wà na ku, My God, son. What will you do when I am not around any more! tig-akuaku a. always say ‘aku’. Tig-akuaku ka man bisag dílì ka kamau, You don’t know how, but you keep saying ‘lemme’. ákù 1. preposed gen.: me, my. Ákung anak, My child. Ákung gibása, I read it. 2. be mine. Ákù nà, That is mine. Unsa may ákù niánà? What do I get out of that? v. become mine. Maákù ka na giyud, At last you will be mine. — na May I have to keep? Ákù na nang kindi, ha? May I have that candy? Ang — gud 1. what worries me. Ang ákù gud ug dì siya kaanhi, What worries me is if he can’t come; 2. all I am concerned with, interested in. Ang ákù gud nga makatinir kug pruyba, All I care about is that I can have proof. maakuakuun a. tending to want things for oneself. akúa mine as opposed to other things that are not. Akúa nà, That one (as opposed to the others) is mine. kanákù dat.: me. Ihátag kanákù, Give it to me. Nagtan-aw siya kanákù, He was looking at me. ku 1. nom. (short for aku). 2. gen.: see nákù. nákù 1. gen.: my, by me. Anak nákù, My son. Gibása nákù, I read it. — ug (short for gipakaingun nákù) I thought. Nákug muadtu ka, I thought you would go. 2. short for kanákù.

(not without l) n. cop (slang).

v. set something out before someone Giarayan (gipaarayan) ku siya ug tulu ka butilya, ug mikanta dáyun, I put three bottles in front of him, and he sang at once. Pagkáun nga giaray (gipaaray) kaníla, The food that was set before them.

lacquer

attract

n. double

adj. varied

n. shortage

n. copra, dried coconut meat; v. 1. make, get copra. Magkupras mig ipatimbang, We will make copra to sell by the kilo. Kuprásun ang kalubihan káda trimistri, The coconut plantation is harvested (made to copra) every four months; 2. get money from a candidate and then fail to vote for him. Gikupras lang diay ang salapì sa kandidátu kay napildi man, The people must have pocketed the money and not voted for him because he lost.

v. chop

v. flow

v. excuse

a. for a nose to be flat and turned up at the end; v. for the nose to flatten. Mapansung ang ilung basta iduut sa bildu, Your nose gets flattened and turned up if you press it against the window pane.

squelch

n. stamp

n. 1. round in sports. Gipahaplà sa ikalimang ráwun, The boxer was knocked down in the fifth round; 1a. round in mahjong in which all four players have had the deal; 1b. walay — no chance of winning. Wà giyud kay ráwun kun makig-áway kag buksidur, You don’t have a chance if you fight with a boxer; 2. one complete sexual act. Nanghambug siyang makalima siya ka ráwun, He boasted that he could do it five times; 3. a complete round of a circular course. Duha ka ráwun ang ithandrid, The 800-meter run is two rounds of the track; a. good in many things. Ráwun siya sa tanang sabdyik, He is good in all his subjects; v. 1. make a complete circuit around; 2. make the rounds of. Nagráwun ang mga bumbíru sa syudad, The firemen are making regular rounds in the city. Giráwun námù ang tanang nayit klab, We made the rounds of the night clubs; 3. get to be good in many things. — rúbin n. 1. tournament done such that each contestant is paired off with every other contestant; 2. session practicing basketball in which every player has a chance to shoot in turn; v. hold a rawun rúbin practice in basketball. rawunrawun v. 1. keep going around and around. Nagrawunrawun ang mga bátà líbut sa balay, The children kept running around the house; 2. go round for a walk, pleasure. Mintras wà pay abri ang mga sinihan magrawunráwun lang únà ta sa syudad, Let’s walk around downtown until the movie houses open; 3. spend money going about. Girawunráwun sa istudiyanti ang kwartang pangmatrikula, The student squandered the money for tuition fees by gallivanting around.

n. Red Cross.

n. military recruit; v. recruit for military service; a. novice, greenhorn. Rikulúta pa siya sa panganak, She is still new to childbirth. Rikulúta pa ku sa kinaíya sa mga Múrus, I am not accustomed to the ways of the Moros.

adj. moist