List of Cebuano words starting with the letter A - Page 95

see aláru.

n. coins used in a marriage ceremony.

n. tars produced by burning something v. form, produce tar. Ang kwáku kusug muáras, The pipe collects lots of tars. -un a. producing tar. Ang byatilis arásung kahúya, The ipil-ipil is a tree that forms lots of tars.

see káras.

n. loading, unloading, transshipping service of goods shipped from abroad.

a. 1. for throat to be sore; 2. for citrus to have an acrid taste; v. 1. for the throat to be sore. Nangárat ang ákung tutunlan sa pagsinyágit, My throat became sore from shouting. Arátan ka gánì sa tutunlan ubhun ka, If your throat becomes sore, you are going to catch cold; 2. turn out to have an acrid taste.

n. actions to impress others. Bídag árat ning tawhána, My, how that man puts on. pa- v. do something to impress someone Dì ku kapaarátan níya. Wà siyay ikapaárat nákù, He can’t impress me. There’s nothing he can do that will impress me.

n. kind of ornamental tree similar to a fir but with bright green needles and with fewer branches.

see agay.

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.

ouch!

n. skipper of small boats; v. become, make into skipper.

n. the royal poinciana tree: Delonix regia.

v. join someone in something they have to eat, drink, ask for a smoke. Mangarbul (muarbul) na sad nig sigarilyu, He’ll probably come over to get a cigarette from us.

n. a folk doctor who deals with plants; v. be, become an arbularyu. pa- v. have someone treated by an arbularyu. Paarbularyúhi na lang nà, kay dì madá sa duktur, Let an arbularyu treat it because a regular doctor can do nothing.

n. squirrel

arrest

see agrabyádu.

see agrabyu.

see limunsítu.