List of Cebuano words starting with the letter D - Page 85

a. spending a lot, as if one had a salary.

n. December

n. desert

see disimbri.

n. desert.

n. date with a girl; v. have a date with. Makigdít ku nímu, I’d like to ask you for a date. Bísag kinsay íyang idít, She will date anyone.

n. an abbreviation for ditiktib ‘detective’.

n. kind of big tree with a light wood used for making wooden slippers, the bark of which is medicine against malaria: Alstonia scholaris.

n. details of an incident, etc. Íyang gibutyag ang tanang ditalyi sa ílang rumansa, She related the complete details of their love-making.

n. detective. — aksiyun n. detective movie; v. become a detective.

n. determination. Ditirminasiyun pagtápus sa íyang pagtuun, Determination to finish his studies.

n. extemporaneous verse recited in the kulilísi, consisting of stanzas of four lines, at least two of which are rhymed, in a free meter. The participants in the kulilísi recite one or more stanzas and each person’s recitation is so fashioned as to be a witty response to the preceding recitation and a challenge to the recitation following. The subject is usually courtship; v. recite ditsu’s.

n. 1. mind, soul. Natúlug ang ákung mata, apan nagmata ang ákung díwà, My eyes are asleep, but my mind is awake; 2. spirit that pervades something Ang díwà sa Pasku, Christmas spirit. Ang díwà sa íyang tugtug, The spirit of his song. diwanhun a. pertaining to the soul. Diwanhun nga kauhaw, Spiritual thirst.

n. spirit

v. spirit

adj. occult

n. spell

see diwalwal.

v. for the tongue to stick way out, cause it to do so. Mudiwalwal ang dílà sa búang, An idiot’s tongue hangs out. Idiwalwal (diwalwála) ímung dílà, Stick out your tongue.

(word coined from díwà plus sánag) n. inspiration, the light that animates the soul.