List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 190

v. board in someone’s house. -ir n. boarder. burding hawus n. boarding house.

n. board feet; v. measure in board feet. Burdpíta nang yakal, Measure that lumber in board feet.

v. embroider, put a lace edge; n. embroidery, lace edging. -in- something written or drawn with embroidery. binurdáhan n. 1. embroidered cloth; 2; a. face with smallpox scars (humorous). -du a. embroidered. Burdádung (binurdang) dibúhu, Embroidered design. Burdádung (binurdáhang) panyù, Embroidered handkerchief. -dur(→) instrument for embroidery. -díra n. woman who embroiders.

see buldug (female).

v. travel in a certain direction. Háin man tu siya miburdáhi? Where did he head for? Culu- v. 1. travel back and forth. Kanúnay siyang magbuburdáhi sa Manílà kay nigusyanti, He travels back and forth to Manila because he is a businessman; 2. pace back and forth. May prublíma siya kay nagbuluburdáhi man sa sála, He must have a problem because he is pacing in the living room.

v. 1. go s.w. in a roundabout, not direct way. Muburdu ta arun dì ta masagatà sa mga buguy, Let’s go round about so we don’t run into the ruffians. Iburdu (burdúhun) ang prusisyun sa tibuuk lungsud, They will take the procession around the whole town; 1a. for a sailboat to go at a zigzag or diagonal course to ride against the wind; 2. roam, walk about. Nagburdu silag panangkù, They went out to steal palm toddy. Iburdu ning mga tinda, Go around to sell these goods.

see buldug.

n. string in a string instrument which has fine magnetic copper wire wound around it; v. put in such a bass string.

scalawag

a. wandering, bumming around, esp. in a shiftless carefree way; v. wander, usually in a shiftless, carefree way. Nagburgahuy lang siya kay nawad-an sa trabáhu, He is just roaming about because he lost his job. Nagburgahuy ákung hunàhúnà. Wà ku kapamatì sa liksiyun, My thoughts were wandering. I didn’t listen to the lesson. Magkaburgahuy ning batáag patuyángan sa gustu, This child is going to get more shiftless if he gets whatever he wants.

bourgeois

n. tough, thug. Mga burgis ang gipanuhúlan sa pulitiku, The politician hired thugs; v. be, become a tough.

see aburídu.

n. bowling pin.

crazy

idiot

loggerhead

a. dumb, stupid. Buringug ka tingáli kay dúgay mang makasabut, You must be dumb because you can’t understand easily; v. be, become dumb, stupid.

a. for the face to be ugly; v. be ugly. Nagkaburingut íyang dagway sa nagkalagas siya, She is getting uglier as she gets older.

n. general name for puffer fishes.