List of Cebuano words starting with the letter H - Page 88

n. boil

n. bump

n. swell

sore

tumor

ulcer

hemorrhoids

n. ulcer

n. tumor

asthma

n. asthma; v. have an asthma attack. Muhúbak (hubákun) nà siya basta mahágù, He has an asthma attack when he gets overworked. Naghúbak nang batáa tibuuk gabíi, That child had an asthma attack the whole night. -un a. having asthma.

subside

v. 1. dry up or drain liquids out. Mihubas na ang linung-ag, The rice water has evaporated. Nahubas ang sapà, The creek dried up. Hubsun nímu ang ákung lúhà, You’ll make me cry till I run out of tears. Nahubsan mi. Wà nay túbig ang tangki, We ran out of water and the tank is empty; 1a. maka- ug danaw having big feet (lit. that can dry up a pond by stepping into it). 2. for patience, luck to run out. Nagkahubas ang ákung paílub, My patience is wearing thin. Nahubsan ku sa pálad, My luck ran out. pa- n. method of catching fish by setting a trap in a place where water runs out, either in a tidal pool or in a stream where the flow is diverted; v. 1. catch fish by this method; 2. take care of rice, corn grits until they get cooked dry. Ikay pahubas sa linung-ag, Take care of (lit. let dry) the rice I am cooking.

drainage

see hubawhubaw. hubawhubaw v. for a part of the body to swell so that the flesh is soft and pudgy. Mihubawhubaw (gihubawhubawan) ang íyang mga mata ug hinílak, Her eyes swelled from crying. Naghubawhubaw ang íyang bitíis tungud sa biribíri, Her legs got swollen due to beri-beri; a. swollen, such that the flesh is soft.

v. devour food greedily. Gihubhub (gihubhuban) sa mga irù ang manuk, The dogs tore and devoured the chicken.

description

v. describe in words. Ákung hubítun ang nahitabù, I’ll describe what happened; n. description.

n. celebration offered by a family on the first anniversary of a relative’s death; v. 1. observe the first anniversary of someone’s death. Unyà ra ta magminyù ug kahubkásan ang ákung bána, We’ll wait to get married until my husband has been dead a year (has had the first death anniversary celebration). 2. come out of one year’s mourning.

v. 1. for a crowd to do one thing together with vigor. Mihublag ug pangatáwa ang mga tumatan-aw, The onlookers all broke into laughter. Gihublagan ug pangáun sa mga bátà ang kík, The children swarmed over the cake; 2. for crowds to run in every direction. Mihublag (nanghublag) ang mga táwu sa singgit nga ‘kaláyu!’, The people ran in every direction at the shout of ‘fire!’.