List of Cebuano words starting with the letter L - Page 29

n. country

n. province

see lawig.

v. strip leaves or fronds off of a stem by ripping them with a sudden downward motion or cutting downward with a knife such that a clean break is made. Lalháun ku ang dáhun sa tubu, I’ll strip the leaves off the sugar cane.

n. kind of amberjack.

v. form into a certain shape. Ang iskultur nga naglálik ánang istatwa, The sculptor who carved that statue. Maáyung pagkalálik ang íyang batíis, She has well-formed legs. Gilálik ku na sa ákung hunàhúnà ang ákung buut isulti, I have already formed in my mind the things I want to say. -in- n. something carved, formed. Dílì ka magyukbù sa linálik, Thou shalt not worship graven images.

a. 1. pleasurable. Lalim pamináwun ang Rúsas Pandan, The song Rosas Pandan is very pleasant to listen to. 2. delicious, delightful to eat. Lalim kaáyung kan-un ang práyid tsíkin nímu, Your fried chicken tastes delicious. — mu, ka, ninyu, -y or nga imagine that, can you believe it! Lalim mu ba nga (y) wà diay kuy ikapilíti, Imagine! It turned out that I didn’t have money for fare; v. 1. be, become pleasurable. Magkalalim ang tubà imnun ug madúgay nang ininum, Coconut palm toddy becomes more delicious after a quantity has already been taken in. 2. don’t you think that is something? Gilaliman kag bulagan ug uyab? Don’t you think being jilted is bad enough? Gilaliman ka ba ánang kantidára? Don’t you think that amount is something?

adj. tuneful

n. emigrant

v. 1. emigrate, transfer one’s residence to a far place. Ang pamilya ni Mútuk mulálin ngadtu sa Amirika, Mutuc’s family will immigrate to America; 2. transfer something to a new location. Lalínun (ilálin) ang ámung upisína diin adúnay kahílum, Our office will be transferred to a quiet place. (→) n. emigrant.

clash

feud

n. argument

n. discussion

n. protest

object

quarrel

rebuttal

refute

v. argue about the rightness of something, dispute. Dì ku malális nga may rasun ku, You can’t deny that I’m right. Ngánung lalísun pa man, sumbagayun na lang, Why argue over it? Just fight it out. Gilalísan níla ang paági sa pagbáhin, They were arguing about how it was to be divided up. Dì mamínaw ug rasun ang ákung gikalális, The man I had a debate with won’t listen to reason; n. argument, dispute. -an(→), -un a. quarrelsome. ka- n. someone with whom one has or had an argument.