List of Cebuano words starting with the letter D - Page 118

n. kind of jitney transportation used before the war, light passenger trucks plying certain routes taking passengers for five centavos anywhere along the route; v. take a dyikni, make something into a dyikni.

see hiktin.

n. jelly; v. 1. cook, make into a jelly; 2. (→) eat jelly. Dì ku mudyili kay gidilì nákù ang tam-is, I will not eat jelly because I am not allowed to eat sweets.

n. jellyroll; v. make jellyrolls.

see dyalusi.

n. gym, gymnasium.

n. gymnastics; v. do gymnastics.

n. gymnasium; v. make into a gymnasium.

n. thick long trousers for women; v. wear jeans, make into jeans.

a. gentlemanly, for a man to be courteous; v. be, become gentlemanly in behavior.

a. genuine. Lamì ang tubà kun dyinuwin nga tungug ang gamítun, The toddy tastes nice if genuine mangrove bark is used; v. consider genuine.

n. 1. jeep; 2. see dyipni; v. take a jeep or jeepney s.w.

n. jeep

n. jeepney

see gip-ut.

n. jeep made into a passenger vehicle; v. ride a jeepney. Makadyipni ta ngadtu, We can get there by jeep.

n. dance called ‘the jerk’; v. dance the jerk.

n. crew cut, haircut with the sides shaved clean and only a little hair left on the top; v. cut hair in the crew cut style.

n. jersey, a kind of cloth of an elastic weave; v. wear jersey.

n. zero; v. 1. give a zero in school, not let an opponent get more than zero in games. Nangdyíru ang taga Yúbi námù, We got zero in our game against U.V. (Lit. The U.V. team gave us a zero.) Nadyíru (nadyirúhan) ku sa mat, I got a zero in Math; 2. for a gauge to reach zero. Ug mudyíru ang tirmumitru, maáyis na ang túbig, Water will freeze when the thermometer reaches zero.