List of Cebuano words starting with the letter I - Page 70

n. outer space.

n. flashlight; v. shine a flashlight on. Ispáti nu diri dapit kay nahū́g ang ákung sinsíyu, Shine your flashlight over here because I dropped my money.

n. spot on the lungs that indicates tb.

v. 1. in pool: shoot a target ball to a designated spot on the table; 2. in basketball: take pot shots from a distance; n. this sort of shot in billiards or basketball. -ir(←) n. one who throws the ball accurately in basketball.

n. 1. see ispat; 2. spotlight; v. shine the spotlight on.

n. shoe spike; v. fasten a spike on a shoe.

a. hair waved without being cut; v. wear, have hair that has been waved.

n. spades in playing cards; v. get spades.

n. speedboat.

v. cook more rice or corn hurriedly in a small pot because what was cooked earlier was not enough for everyone (humorous—so called from the small speedboats that accompanied Japanese warships). Bisitahun kaáyu mis ámù. Kanúnay lang ming mag-ispidbut ug lung-ag, We keep having visitors, so we always have to prepare extra rice.

n. hell

see impirnu.

mirror

n. 1. mirror, looking glass; 2. glass. Ang ispíhu sa iskaparáti, The glass of the display case; 3. name of one of the dragons (drágun), the white dragon which has the black outline of a mirror-like design; v. look at oneself in the mirror. Mangispíhu úsà ku, I’ll look at myself in the mirror.

n. 1. the act of proposing to a girl (colloquial). 2. line handed to convince someone v. 1. propose to a girl (colloquial). Sígi lag bisíta, wà pa giyud makaispíking, He keeps visiting her but he hasn’t proposed; 2. hand someone a line. Giispikíngan níya ang íyang Nánay arun hatágan siyag kwarta, He handed his mother a line so that she would give him money.

n. loudspeaker; v. use, put in a loudspeaker.

n. Speaker of the House, the presiding officer of the House of Representatives. gist — guest speaker; v. be, become the speaker.

see inspiksiyun.

n. spelling; v. 1. spell a word. Ispilínga ang ímung ngálan, Spell your name; 2. make something out, explain something to oneself. Lisud giyud ispilíngun unsay íyang nagustuan ánang karáang kwanggul, I can’t understand what he sees in that old coot; 3. explain, describe in words. Dílì maispíling ang náwung níya pag-ingkib níya sa aslum nga mangga, You can’t imagine what she looked like when she bit into the sour mango.

n. spare in bowling, the act of knocking down all the pins with two consecutive balls; a score so made; v. make a spare in bowling, for a throw to be a spare.