List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 44

n. collarbone; v. have prominent collarbones. Namalikhaw siya pagguwà níya sa uspital, You could see his collarbones when he got out of the hospital.

bent

n. grass

see balilikid.

1. euphemism for balikug; 2. see balikù.

v. coil, put around something else. Mibalíkis ang baksan sa bábuy, The python coiled around the pig’s body. Nakabalíkis ang íyang kamut sa ákung háwak, He managed to put his arm around my waist. Ayaw ug ibalíkis ang písì sa halígi, Don’t coil that rope around the post; n. kind of itchy and fast-spreading skin disease which spreads around the body in the area of the hips.

returnee

bent

crooked

n. curve

adj. indirect

backward

see baligtad.

n. knot

v. 1. see baligtus; 2. be wrapped around, coil oneself around. Mibaliktus (nabaliktus) ang hálas sa sanga, The snake was coiled around a branch. Ang íyang mga buktun nagbaliktus sa líug sa kawatan, He wrapped his arms around the thief’s neck; n. bundle. Paliti akug usa ka baliktus káhuy, Buy me a bundle of wood.

a. 1. crooked, not straight; 2. crooked, dishonest. Balikung pulitiku, Crooked politician; v. be, make something crooked. Balikuun ta ning túbu, Let’s bend this water pipe. — nga lyábi n. wrench with a socket head to fit over a bolt.

v. coil, make a circular loop of. Ibalíkud (balikúra) ang alambri, Coil the wire up.

see balikù.

a. for wires or string-like things to be curled or twisted inwards at the end. Balikugkug ang udlut sa paku, The fern frond is curled at its tip; v. curl or twist something at the tip with a general direction pointing to the base, be curled or twisted at its end. Mibalikugkug (nabalikugkug) ang dáhun sa túmang kaínit sa adlaw, The leaves curled in the intense heat of the sun.

see balíkis.