List of Cebuano words starting with the letter G - Page 54

darn it

n. area on which a building is put. Dakù ug gráwun ang Trid Iskul, The Trade School has a large playground.

n. grounding in electrical wiring; v. 1. be short-circuited. Dúnay wayir nga way tabun maung migráwun (nagráwun), Some of the wire is not covered so it got short-circuited; 2. connect with the ground so as to make the earth part of the circuit. Grawni arun makusug ang radiyu, Ground it so the radio will come in clear.

a. short-circuited; v. become short-circuited.

green

n. grade given in school.

n. road grader; v. go over something with a grader.

a. 1. green color; 2. lewd talk or story. Gilamian ku sa íyang isturyang grín, I liked his green stories. — drágun see bulbul, n2; v. 1. turn green. Migrín (nagrín, nanggrin) ang mga layang sagbut nga giuwanan, The withered grass turned green after the rain; 2. add green color to something Grínig gamay ang ímung tabuntábun, Put a little green on your eyelids; 3. wear green clothes.

faucet

n. grapes.

n. faucet. Way túbig ang grípu, There’s no water (lit. in the faucet).

n. a coarse cotton cloth which is plain woven and with a gray color; v. wear grís.

a. graceful in movement. Grispul siyang misáyaw, She danced gracefully; v. be, do something gracefully.

n. crew

n. 1. crew of a ship; 2. member of a ship’s crew; v. become a member of a ship’s crew.

group

n. group; v. form, be a group. Makiggrúpu ta níla arun madaghan ta, Let’s have them in the group so there will be lots of us. Grupúha ang mga bátag pakan-a, Group the kids and feed them. Maáyu siyang ikagrúpu kay aligrihun, It’s good to have him in the group because he is jolly. grupugrúpu v. 1. form into groups; 2. play grupugrúpu; n. game of hide and seek played by several teams, wherein a whole team is ‘it’ and all the members of a team must come in free. ka- n. fellow group member.

n. grocery store; v. make, operate a grocery store.

see grusiri.

n. grotto where a saint’s statue is placed; v. make a grotto.