List of Cebuano words starting with the letter I - Page 39

n. dwarf, midget; v. be a dwarf or midget.

godmother

v. starring

barbecue

n. roast

tapahanan

stretch

v. 1. stretch, cause to extend farther in length or time. Akuy miínat sa dawunggan sa bátang badlúngun, I pulled the naughty child’s ears. Muínat (maínat) ang tisyirt, The T-shirt will stretch. Inátun (iínat) paggastu ang kwarta, Stretch the money to make it go a long way; 1a. stretch a grade so that the student can pass. Inátun na lang ni nátung grádu, kay gradwíting ka man, We’ll stretch your grade because you’re graduating; 2. for the voice or brows to be raised. Muínat (maínat) na gánì nang íyang kílay napikal na nà, When he raises his brows, that means he is irked; n. 1. amount something stretched; 2. stretching.

adj. elastic

adj. mutual

homely

n. name given to a kind of sigay (small cowry) which is shiny.

copy

counterfeit

see inagurar.

I don’t know. Inay diin kahà nákù tu ikabutang ang lápis, I don’t know where I must have put the pencil.

instead of (doing so-and-so). Inay magtuun nagpúnay man hinúug liguy, Instead of studying he was always truant.

n. 1. short for Nánay mother. Háin man si inay mu (ang ímung inay)? Where’s your mother? 2. exclamation expressing great emotion. Inay, bitin, Mama! A snake! -an n. mother hen or mother of other kind of fowl; v. raise a mother bird.

prep. instead of

n. acronym for the NBI National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine analogue to the FBI; v. be a member of the NBI.