List of Cebuano words starting with the letter K - Page 8

amendment

n. change

n. evolution

n. transition

variation

meadow

n. concern

n. reversal

see kabilíti.

n. kind of medicinal oil made from the snake melon (Trichosanthes quinquangulata).

cavalry

n. knight

n. cavalry, horse-mounted soldier (not mechanized).

n. 1. gentleman; 2. acting like a gentleman; 3. spending liberally. prísu — 1. one under house arrest; 2. trustee in prison who can go about as he pleases; v. spend on a liberal scale, become a liberal spender. Wà giyuy búngang makúhà ug kabalyirúhun (ikabalyíru) ug gastu ang kwarta, No good can result of it if he spends money lavishly.

n. kind of small ornamental tree with pinnate leaves bearing red or yellow flowers: Caesalpinia pulcherrima.

see kabilíti.

n. horsepower. Tris kabalyus, Three horsepower.

n. measurement equivalent to twenty-five gantas. Usa ka kaban nga bugas humay, A cavan of rice. -is(←) cavans (plural).

n. trunk, chest; v. store in a trunk. — mundu n. trunk with a rounded top and lined with upholstery tacks along its sides. -in- a. rectangular in shape; v. make into a rectangular shape. Kinabana pagtábas ang líab sa ákung sinínà, Cut the neckline of my dress square. kabankaban n. kind of bivalve, so called because it opens and closes like a trunk.

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