List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 127

a. 1. green; 2. dirty, off-color story; 3. name given to a mahjong piece with a green grass design: green dragon. — butilya bottle green. — mansánas apple green; v. 1. be, become green in color; 2. be off-color. Gibirdihan siya niánang isturyáha, He considers that story to be off-color; 3. draw a green dragon in mahjong. Ug makabirdi ku, makakáng giyud ku, If I get a green dragon, I’ll get a set of four.

n. bird’s-eye, brand of cloth used for diapers, napkins, etc.

n. executioner; v. make into an executioner.

see kipìkipì. see kípì.

a. for a woman to act so as to attract men’s attention and give them to understand that she is easy to approach. Birgátag kinataw-an. Nagdalag kamhir, What a flirtatious laughter, full of come-on’s; v. be, become a flirt.

see birgat.

see kipìkipì. see kípì.

n. grating, grillwork over an opening to avoid entry or exit; v. install, make into a grille.

n. virgin

n. 1. Virgin Mary; 2. statue of the Virgin Mary; 3. a woman who has not had sexual intercourse; v. consider a woman a virgin.

n. brace, a carpenter’s tool for holding auger bits.

n. a sickness, beri-beri; v. be affected with beri-beri.

v. 1. for a male fowl to perform the courtship dance with the female. Gibirígan sa sunuy ang himungáan, The rooster courted the hen; 2. for a man to make a pass at a woman. Bísag sitinta anyus na mubírig pa gayud, He’s seventy years old, but he still makes passes. -ay v. for fowls or people to prance about preparatory to attacking each other in a fight. Nagbirigay ang duha ka baksidur, The two boxers were prancing around. birigbírig v. hang around someone to get something from him. Nagbirigbírig siya nákù kay dúna siyay ipamaráyig, He has been courting me because he is going to ask for something.

dally

flirt

n. automatic drill.

n. bearings of a machine; v. put bearings in something.

scribble

see wiriswiris.

n. automobile having an enclosed compartment in the back and the driver’s seat open; v. take such a car.