List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 173

see bulíbuy.

n. 1. cowlick; 2. person’s temper (said to be indicated by the presence of a cowlick). Manguláta siyag mulíhuk íyang bulíbuy, When his temper is provoked, he’ll maul people. -an n. a person with a cowlick.

cooperate

n. bunch

n. bunch of large fruit, coconuts, or bananas; v. form a bunch of fruit. panghiN- v. grow forth in bunches. Nanghimúlig (namúlig) nang ságing, The banana tree has a bunch of fruit on it. hiN- a. producing lots and lots of bunches.

n. cluster

v. help. Bulígi ku, Help me. ka- n. helper.

teamwork

v. 1. spread the labia of the vagina apart with the fingers; 2. see bukitlà; 3. see bukìkì.

n. weed of medicinal value: Biophytum sensitivum.

a. small child, small and short person; v. become small and short.

adj. small

n. bowling pin.

see búla dimánu. see búla, 1.

n. kind of anchovy commonly eaten in Cebu: various Engraulidae, esp. Stolephorus indicus. útuk ug — n. bird-brained, stupid.

black mark

blemish

flaw

n. 1. dirt on clothes, face, etc; 2a. smear on one’s reputation. Way buling ang ákung kadunggánan, My reputation is spotless; v. 1. dirty something, become dirty. Nagkabúling íyang karsúnis, His pants got covered with dirt. Ayaw bulingi (bulinga) ákung sinínà, Don’t get my dress dirty; 2. smear one’s reputation. Gibulingan ang íyang dungug, His reputation was sullied. -un n. 1. something dirty, esp. clothes ready for washing; 2. dirty deeds of the past. Ang mga pulitiku isig yagyag sa ílang mga bulingun, The politicians are washing their dirty linen in the public. -it, -ut a. covered with dirt, dirty in appearance; v. get covered with dirt.

n. blot