List of Cebuano words starting with the letter A - Page 7

n. can opener.

v. 1. absent, fail to attend work or class. Absínig kas-a nang klasíha nímu, Just miss your class this one time; 2. mark one absent. Absínan tikaw, I’ll mark you absent; n. absence, time away from class. Daghag absin nímu Dyú, lagmit ka mahagbung, How many absences you have, Joe! You’re likely to flunk. hiN-, pala-, absiníru, absinus a. given to missing classes. Anus-a gud nà siya makapasar nga absinus man nà sa klási, How can he pass if he always misses classes? — mayindid a. absent-minded.

see absin.

n. absolution; v. give absolution. Gilubung siya nga walà gánì kaabsulusyuni, He was buried without having received absolution.

n. acquitted in court; v. acquit.

a. 1. nimble, quick in reaction. Ang musáyaw sa tinikling kinahanglang abtik ug tiil, Whoever dances the tinikling has to have nimble feet; 2. fast, live in action. Mahuman ni dáyug abtik lang mutrabáhu, It will get done right away if you work rapidly; 3. cunning, sly. Abtik giyud siya kay midáwat imbis mubáyad, He sure is sharp. Instead of paying as he should have, he got paid; v. 1. get to be nimble; 2. get to be fast in action. Muabtik (maabtik) lagi ang íyang panglíhuk basta pakit-ug sápì, He’ll get moving fast as long as you show him money; 3. get to be cunning, sly; 4. outsmart. Naabtikan sad ku sa bátà, The child put one over on me. paN- v. engage in chicanery. Ayaw kug pangabtíki kay suhítu ku, Don’t try to put a fast one over on me, because I know my way around.

adj. active

adj. cunning

adj. foxy

adj. lively

adj. nimble

adj. quick

adj. vigorous

fluent

adj. vivacious

n. rope used for tying the plow to the crosstree.

n. 1. ashes; 2. see alabúhan; v. 1. make ashes. Abuha nang mga palwa ug gam-ang sabun, Make the palm stems into ashes to make soap out of. 2. be razed or burned to the ground. Pag-abut nákù naabu na ang balay, When I arrived, the house was already burned to the ground. ka-(←) v. get ashes all over one. Nagkaábu ku kay misum-uk ku sa nasunúgan, I got ashes all over me because I went into the burned-out area. alabúhan n. stove or any place a fire for cooking is built. abuhun n. ash-colored. Manuk nga abuhun, Gray-colored cock.

n. kind of fish.

adj. jealous

n. kind of head louse lighter in color and with a longer and more slender body than the ordinary head louse (kútu).