List of Cebuano words starting with the letter K - Page 105

marsh

n. 1. capital letter; 2. capital city; 3. capital, resources; 3a. quality that is an asset to success. Kapital na nímu nang ímung pangútuk, Your brains are an asset to you; v. 1. write in capital letters. Kapitala (ikapital) pagsuwat ang mga ngálan sa táwu, Write the names of persons in capital letters; 2. make into a capital city; 3. put up capital. Niuprisir siya nga mauy mukapital sa manukan, He offered to put up the capital for a poultry business; 4. use as a source of profit or benefit. Ang kaálam ug katakus mauy maáyung ikapital sa panginabúhì, Knowledge and skill are assets in our struggle for existence. -ista n. capitalist; v. be a capitalist or financier.

capitalism

n. financier

captain

n. 1. boat captain; 2. army captain. — sa baryu n. barrio captain, the titular head of the village. — birínu n. the one who treats when a group eats and drinks; v. treat a company. Kinsa may mukapitan birínu sa átung nangakáun? Whose treat is this dinner?

see kapi.

n. cafeteria, usually serving snacks, not heavy meals; v. make, have a cafeteria. paN- v. go to a cafeteria.

adj. seventeenth

n. seventy

capitol

n. provincial government building housing the provincial government administrative offices.

n. chapter

n. chapter of a book, Bible.

see kapitul.

adj. trustworthy

n. kind of trigger fish, bigger than the pugut, and black in color.

see kalapkap.

v. 1. grow clinging onto something Bágun nga nagkapkap sa paril, A vine climbing on the wall. Dakù na ang dákit sa káhuy nga íyang gikapkápan, The strangling fig is larger than the tree it has grown around; 2. grope for something Nagkapkap (nagpangapkap) na lang kung naglakaw sa ngitngit, I had to grope my way in the dark; 3. search a body for something Gikapkápan sa gwardiya ang buut musulud, The guard searched those who wanted to get inside; 4. struggle to obtain something Mukapkap (mangapkap) giyud ang táwu arun mabúhì, A man has to struggle to live; 5. sneak into a house with the intention of having intercourse with a girl. paN- v. 1. grope; 1a. grope for something to say. Ang táwung namakak mangapkap sa unsay itubag, A person who lies gropes for what to say.

(from pálag) v. find something, come across something Adtu níya sa Mindanaw kaplága ang íyang kapaláran, He will seek his fortune in Mindanao. Nakaplagan na ang tambal sa tísis, The cure for TB has already been discovered. Hikaplagan na ang taguánan sa tulisan, They found the hiding place of the robbers. Bag-ung kaplag sa maputing tábil, New movie discovery.