List of Cebuano words starting with the letter A - Page 53

n. alliance; v. have an alliance. Ang Amirika gialyansáhan sa Pilipínas, The Philippines had an alliance with America.

n. alias; v. give, have an alias. Alyásan ka ug Rúhas, You’ll be given the name Roxas as an alias.

n. aliens (euphemism for Chinese).

see alam-álam.

v. 1. be open-mouthed from having eaten something spicy. Naam-am (nahaam-am) ang ákung bàbà sa síling kulikut, I opened my mouth wide when I ate the hot peppers; 2. feel stung by words of derogation which are true. Nahaam-am (naam-am) ku pag-ingun níya nga tapulan kaáyu ku, I got stung by her words that I was very lazy. hi-/ha- see am-am.

(from ama) expression uttered when frightened: help! Amá! Náay sawa! Help! There’s a snake!

stepfather

see alámag, v, n1.

(from alámag) n. kind of fish that stays near the shore and glows.

n. kind of forest tree: Diospyros sp.

see alámag.

n. kind of shrub bearing juicy dark red berries, 1 cm. in diameter with a nauseous taste: Homonoia riparia.

n. small, black, fresh-water shrimp that has a small white stripe on the back; a. black-complexioned.

n. father

n. papa

see *ama.

adj. paternal

n. kind of bivalve of sea, greenish brown in color, oblong, 2″ in length, with orange meat. Found clinging to rocks. Popularly eaten preserved in salt.

n. bamboo matting woven with a kind of twill weave, commonly used for walling. The weft is passed over two and under two warp pieces. The successive weft is passed over two and under two warp pieces again, but such that the second weft passes over one and under one of the warp pieces that the first weft had passed over, and over one and under one of the warp pieces that the first weft had passed under; v. weave amákan. -in- n. something woven like amákan.

see amahung.