List of Cebuano words starting with the letter L - Page 62

a. lacking sleep. Lauy ku kay nagbilar ku gabíi, I lack sleep because I kept vigil last night; v. lack sleep. (←) v. stay up late at night. Nagláuy siya tungud sa íyang paynals, He is staying up late to study for his finals.

v. go, see to visit or to see how something is doing. Muláuy (magláuy) ku sa ákung higála sa uspital, I will visit my friend in the hospital. Laúyun (iláuy) nátù ang kamaisan sa walug kun túa na ta sa búkid, While we are in the mountains we will go see how the corn we planted in the valley is doing.

stew

a. offensive to decency, revolting to the taste. Gisinsur ang law-ay nga libru, The obscene book was censored. Law-ay kaáyung tan-áwun ang dakù nga magbinátà, It’s disgusting to see a grown-up act like a child; v. be lewd, obscene. Nagkalaw-ay ang mga sini karun, Movies are all lewd nowadays. Gilaw-ayan ku sa báhù sa patay, The odor of the corpse was revolting to me.

adj. vulgar

lecherous

a. cooked vegetables without fish, meat, or fat. Law-uy lang ning útan kay way subak, This vegetable dish is cooked just plain because we have nothing to cook with it; v. cook vegetables plain, be plain and tasteless.

(from walà) not have (slang). Láwà nu siyay takwal, He says he’s out of dough.

n. a spider. lawàlawà n. spider web, cobweb; v. 1. be filled with cobwebs. Gilawàlawaan na lang ang ímung makinilyang way gáwì, Your typewriter is all covered with cobwebs because it’s never used; 2. for a dying man’s eyes to become dull and blurred (lit. have cobwebs in one’s eyes).

spider

n. spider

adj. webby

n. name given to a number of forest trees producing inexpensive timber, widely used in construction: Pentacme and Shorea spp. — nga putì: Pentacme contorta. — pula: Shorea negrosensis.

n. kind of fishing with lights. Several boats illuminate a wide area and when the fish appear, the boats gradually converge, drawing the fish into a small area from which they can be scooped up with a net.

spoon

bedroom

n. apartment

n. chamber

n. compartment

n. room