List of Cebuano words starting with the letter A - Page 83

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a. know how to. Dì ku antígung mupasipála, I don’t know how to harm others; v. know how to do something Makaantígu ka ba nga mukuskus ug sista? Do you know how to play the guitar? Unsay ímung naantiguhan sa tantu nímung tuuntúun? What have you learned to do after studying so much? -in-(→) a. requiring skill or know-how. Ang pagdala ug awtu sa syudad inantigu, It takes skill to drive a car in the city.

v. 1. dodge a blow. Wà níya iantíhay ang íyang kamut, mau nga naigù, He did not get his hand out of the way in time, so it was hit; 2. avoid a fight because of cowardice. Ikaw na lay ákung antiháyan? Do you think I would avoid a fight with you?

n. anti-Christ.

v. 1. do something early before something else happens. Muantimánu kug lakaw arun dílì hiabtan sa ulan, I will leave early before I get caught in the rain. Antimanúhun (antimanúhan) ta sila ug sulti arun dílì hiunhan, Let’s tell them early before someone else does; 2a. kill something with a single blow. Wà nímu maantimánug patay ang bábuy, You didn’t kill the pig at the first blow; 2b. do something immediately with finality. Iantimánu (antimanúhun, antimanúhan) giyud ang pagbalíbad arun dílì na magbalikbálik, You should refuse him with finality then and there so that he will not keep coming back; a. for a killing to be done with one blow.

n. antenna, aerial; v. put, make into an antenna.

n. steeple

n. a charm, amulet. Naghábak siya ug anting-anting arun dì siya madutlan sa bála, He is wearing an amulet so that bullets cannot penetrate him; v. wear, have, make into an amulet. Gianting-antíngan ang igtalarì, The cock had a charm tied to it.

n. amulet

n. fetish (charm)

n. talisman

glasses

goggles

n. 1. eyeglasses; 2. diving goggles; v. make into, wear eyeglasses or diving goggles.

sunglasses

n. mask covering the eyes; v. wear, obtain, make into a mask. Walà giyud mailhi ang kawatan kay nag-antipas man, They could not recognize the thief because he was wearing a mask.

n. antagonistic; v. be, make someone antagonistic. Ayawg adtu sa íla kay giantipatikuhan ka sa íyang ginikánan, Don’t go to their house because her parents are antagonistic to you.

n. kind of toilet with a long hole dug as the receptacle for waste.

see awrúra.

n. a prayer in a novena or rosary, read by the leader.