List of Cebuano words starting with the letter D - Page 101

see durar.

see duliyar.

n. turmeric, an herb resembling ginger, the rootstock of which is used as a yellow-colored spice for stews: Curcuma longa.

kapok tree

n. cotton

v. squash and mash into fine pieces. Iduldug (duldúga) ang patátas, Mash the potatoes. -in- n. 1. dish of squash cooked in coconut; 2. any food which was squashed or mashed; 3. sweet soup made of any starchy food cooked in coconut milk.

n. kapok fiber or tree: Ceiba pentandra. The pods produce a cotton-like fiber which is used as furniture stuffing. There is a belief that insanity can be cured by shackling a person’s ankles to a stock made of a kapok log. The person imprisoned with a kapok log may sit or lie down, but cannot stand or move, and often may be kept that way for years. Duldul na lay kúwang nímu, The only thing that can help you is a kapok stock. (I.e., you’re crazy.)

ramp

v. go, bring something downwards. Sukad dinhi nagdulhug ang dálan, From here on the road goes downhill. Duna kuy dulhúgun sa syudad, I have something to go down to get in the city. Idulhug (ipadulhug) ang mga pruduktu sa mirkádu, Bring the crops down to the market. Gidulhug (gipadulhug) níya ang íyang panan-aw gíkan sa úlu ngadtu sa tiil, He let his gaze move over her from her head to her feet.

a. cross-eyed; v. get to be cross-eyed.

see dalipanus.

n. dollar.

reverie

n. attraction

trend

n. bow

n. effect

n. fulfillment

penetrate

adj. profound