List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 199

n. voter; v. become a voter.

v. cast a vote, ballot for.

n. boot; v. wear, make into boots. limpiya — n. bootblack.

n. ceremony similar to the diwáta where unsalted food is offered to the spirits to insure good harvest, give thanks, or diagnose an illness. It differs from the diwáta in that the participation of the people affected is part of the ceremony; v. perform this ceremony.

n. vote, act of voting; v. put to a vote. Ug butasyunun (ibutasiyun) ni sigúrung dì mahinayun, If it is put to a vote, it won’t go through.

n. property

coconut stalk

n. bow tie; v. make, wear a bow tie.

n. stalk to which coconuts attach.

v. be lying flat on the back. Butay-ára (ibutay-ad) paghigdà ang bátà, Lay the baby on its back.

liar

n. 1. the red flesh of the rectum which comes out in childbirth or when one has constipation; 2. see búwà; 3. sea anemone, black with red center; v. 1. suffer from butbut. 2. defecate. Nakabutbut siya sa íyang karsúnis, He defecated in his pants. Nagbutbut siya sa kasilyas, He’s defecating in the bathroom.

n. lie, boast of something untrue (coarse). — pula a glaring lie (so called from the homonymy with butbut). Miuk-uk ang — back out from a lie (lit. for the hemorrhoids to recede). Miuk-uk ang butbut pagdumílì níya sa pagkanta, He was proven a braggart when he refused to sing; v. tell a lie. paN- v. tell a lie. Ayaw kug pamutbúti (butbúti), Don’t lie to me. -un(→) a. liar.

rectum

see balusbus.

mendacious

not

v. 1. appear from nowhere. Mu ra kag gibuthuag (gibuthúag) kalag, You look as if you saw a ghost; 2. have one’s monthly period.

maybe, probably. Muanhi búti si Insi, Maybe Auntie will come.

n. 1. smallpox; 2. kind of contagious swine disease characterized by high fever and tiny eruptions at the base of the tongue exuding a sticky fluid; v. 1. get smallpox; 2. get swine disease; 3. be covered with something like smallpox scars. Mau nay dátù nímu nga gibuti sa útang? Do you call him rich when he has debts left and right? Lángit nga gibuti sa mga bitúun, Skies full of stars. butihun a. having lots of pockmarks in the face.