List of Cebuano words starting with the letter H - Page 6

n. whisper

v. speak in a low, hardly audible voice. Hagawháwa (ihagawhaw) lang pagsulti arun dì silang kadungug, Say what you want to say very softly, so they can’t hear; n. something said in a low voice. -in- n. sounds of low talking.

v. 1. fall heavily with a thud. Nahisalibay siya sa kabáyù ug mihagbà (nahagbà) sa yútà, She was thrown off her horse and fell to the ground with a thud. Hihagbaan ug tikì ang lamísa, A gecko fell with a thud on the table; 2. fail a course, cause one to do so; n. 1. thudding sound produced by a fall; 2. subject failed.

see habul.

see halábas, 1.

a long time ago, longer than one thinks. Hagbay ra siyang migíkan, Oh, he left some time ago. Hagbay na tu siyang namatay, He died a long time ago (not recently).

slump

see habul.

v. 1. drop, let something heavy fall with a crash or thud, for something heavy to do so. Ayaw ihagbung ang sáku kay mabungkas, Don’t throw the sack down because it will burst open. Nahagbung ang masítas, The flower pot fell; 2. fail someone in school. Hagbúngun ta ka, I’ll fail you. Pila ka sabdyik ímung nahagbúngan? How many subjects did you fail? n. 1. subject failed. Wà kuy hagbung uy! I didn’t fail anything! 2. person who failed something Dì makagradwit ang mga hagbung, Failing students cannot graduate. -in- n. crashing noise of things falling.

n. 1. stairs, ladder; 1a. ladder made of a bamboo pole with projections left at the nodes used as the footholds; 2. something by means of which one climbs or improves. Ang paningkámut hagdan sa kalampúsan, Hard work is the ladder to success; v. 1. climb a ladder; 2. make into, put a stair or ladder s.w. — máya n. kind of tufted grass. — ug uwak kind of small tree with pinnate leaves, bearing foot-long beans. hagdanhagdan a. tiered, having a step-like arrangement. Kík nga hagdanhagdan, A tiered cake; v. be made in tiers. Naghagdanhagdan ímung tupi kay luhag ka man, Your hair is cut unevenly (like steps) because you kept wiggling about. -an, -an(→) n. stairs.

n. ladder

n. scale

stair

staircase

n. ladder

staircase

v. 1. glean the leftovers after corn or rice harvest. Wà na kitay hagdáwun, There is nothing left for us to glean; 2. scavenge for leftovers. Ang makililímus nagpanghagdaw intáwun ug íyang sarang makáun sa basurahan, The beggar is scavenging for what he can find in the garbage cans; 3. glean information. Impurmasiyung nahagdaw sa piryudiku, Information gleaned from the newspapers. -in-an(→) gleanings. -in-an n. place gleaned.

see halaghag.

see hágud, v 2.

see agik-ik.