List of Cebuano words starting with the letter A - Page 77

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n. 1. birds that have their full feathers but cannot fly yet; 2. for children to be nearly grown up. Ayaw paghulat nga hungitun ka sa ímung inahan, anggal ka na, Don’t wait for your mother to feed you. You’re grown-up now; a. grown-up and still unable to speak properly.

see amgid.

angle

n. familiar term of address for boy or man much younger than speaker: sonny, lad. Purbída, angguy, lisud nà kung masukù, If he gets angry, lad, he is hard to control; v. call someone angguy.

v. become ajar. pa- v. keep something ajar. Paanghála (paanghali) ang pultahan arun makítà sila, Keep the door ajar so we can see them.

see anghal.

n. 1. angel; 2. short for — magbalantay. Gibyáan siya sa íyang anghil, Her guardian angel left her; v. save someone like a guardian angel. Ang paghut sa irù nakaanghil kay nakamata ku, The dog’s barking saved me in the nick of time because I woke up. — magbalantay n. guardian angel.

n. kind of flowering herb, cultivated and wild, which has large succulent, ovoid, undulating leaves from which new plants sprout: Bryophyllum pinnatum.

see ahinghu.

a. smell bad like the body, rancid meat, milk, goats, cows; v. get to smell bad. Muanghit ang rípridyirítur ug butangan ug karni sa kanding, The refrigerator will smell if you put goat meat into it. ka- n. foul smell. Ang kaanghit sa litsi dílì kaáyu ísug, Milk does not have a terribly strong smell.

see alangíing.

see alangílan.

v. bring something to ruin together with it. Ang ínum nakaángin sa ákung pagtuun, Drinking brought my studies to ruination. Daghang kinabúhing naángin pagkahúlug sa trák, Many people lost their lives when the bus fell.

see alangitngit.

submit

v. 1. for something to get loose, give way. Muangka dáyun ang tikud sa sapátus, The heels of the shoes will come off right away. Miangka ang silya tungud sa íyang kabug-at, The chair gave way because she was too heavy; 2. remove something to leave a gap. Ayaw iangka (angkáha) ang tabun sa kaldíru, Do not lift the cover off the pot; 3. quit doing something, a job. Muangka ka na nga wà pay úras? You’re quitting now, when it hasn’t even been an hour? Hápit na mamatay, piru wà gihápun muangka ang ugis, The white cock was nearly dead, but he didn’t desist.

v. take a big bite. Angkábun (angkában) ku ug kausa ning ímung mansánas, May I take one big bite from your apple? n. bite, result of the bite. Dakug angkab ang irù, The dog has a big bite.

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