List of Cebuano words starting with the letter I - Page 80

raise

upper

v. stretch something to make it go a long way, for something to be stretched out. Muitad-itad ang kwarta ug buut giyud, If you really want to make the money stretch, you can. Itad-itarun námù ang bugas kun dúna miy kamúti, We will make the rice go further if we have sweet potatoes.

give

hide

keep

v. score

v. cast

adjust

correct

n. Father.

n. 8-B, a recently introduced variety of rice.

see igtam.

dung

eighty (usually said of scores, grades); v. get eighty, make something eighty. Ug makaíti ka, pasar ka, If you get an eighty, you pass. Kinahanglan nga itíhun nímu ang ímung grádu, You must get a grade of eighty.

feces

guano

n. term of address for a male much younger than the speaker.

v. 1. dry up, evaporate to dryness. Muiti (maiti) na sad ang mga sapà ning iníta, The rivers will dry up again in this heat. Giithan (hiithan) ang linung-ag kamúti, The water in the cooked sweet potatoes has boiled away; 2. for something that is prepared by evaporation to come out powdery and not good. Muiti ang sabun ug palabian sa síga, Soap turns into powder if the flame is too high; 3. for fowls and birds to excrete their bodily wastes. Bugáwa ang manuk dihà sa hawanan kay tingálig mangiti (muiti), Shoo the chickens out of the living room because they will make a mess. hunsuy nga mu- ug mani n. small caliber firearm (lit. tobacco pipe that excretes peanuts—slang). 4. get inside a woman, esp. in an extra-marital affair (slang); n. 1. what results when the process of boiling off is not properly done; 2. excrement of birds, fowl, lizards, crabs; 3. — ug langgam kind of sweet potato with white-colored flesh and red skin.

v. run at a slow pace with short steps. Mag-itiíti na lang ku kay kápuy na ikusug ug dágan, I will just trot because I’m too tired to run fast.