List of Cebuano words starting with the letter L - Page 35

n. small table or desk.

a. smeared with something sticky; v. be, become smeared with something sticky. Naglamiti ang nawung sa bátà sa tsukulit, The child’s face is besmeared with chocolate.

n. a kind of itch affecting the parts between the toes, usually caused by walking barefoot on ground soaked with horse urine. Katul kaáyu ang lamlam sa ákung tiil, The itch in my toes is so bad; v. get lamlam.

n. yap

nonsense

rant

v. talk too much, nonsensically or boastfully. Lamlámi lang si Tátay mu kay aku dì na mutúu, Just hand that line to your father. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t believe you. Unsa na man say gilamlam mu didtu sa imnanan? What sort of foolishness did you tell the boys in the toddy stand this time? n. talk, words. Pulus lang lamlam nang tawhána way nabúhat, That fellow is all talk, no action.

n. mosquito

melee

devour

eat

devour

eat

a. 1. stout, fat. Kalampáag sa náwung ánang bayhána! Ikatalakpun, What a broad face that woman has! You could use it as a shutter for a window; 2. spreading lushly. Lampaag kaáyu ang lambáyung dapit sa hunásan, The vines are spreading out lushly near the edge of the tidal flat; 3. for the hair to look bushy; v. 1. be, become broad, flat; 2. get to grow lushly. Mulampáag ang mga balíli ug muuwan na, The grass will grow lush when the rains come; 3. for hair to get bushy. Naunsa man ang ímung hirdu nga naglampaag man. Gitís tingáli, What happened to your hair that it’s so bushy? You must have teased it.

see lampaag.

n. kind of reed found in marshland.

v. go out without saying goodbye to escape, get out of work, in anger. Túa, milampánug kay gikasab-an, There, he ran out of the house because I scolded him. Ang pagpanglimpiyu sa sílung muy íyang gilampanúgan, He left the house to get out of helping clean out the cellar.

lamp

n. 1. oil or kerosene lamp without a chimney; 2. pressurized kerosene lantern where the light shines downward, used mainly for fishing; v. make, use a lamp of this sort. paN- n. type of fishing using a pressurized lantern to attract the fish, used esp. in shallow waters for catching schools of small fish; v. catch fish by this manner. lamparahan see lampara, 1. lamparista n. one who fishes using the panglampara method. lamparahánan n. boat used in panglampara fishing. lamparilya n. a small kerosene or alcohol lamp without a chimney; v. make, use as a small kerosene lamp.

n. lamp