List of Cebuano words starting with the letter M - Page 186

n. small, thin-skinned, but very full and compact variety of cooking banana.

n. mother hen; v. raise a mother hen. Mungaa ang hingitlug, Make the hens that are good layers into mother hens. -an(←) see himungáan. see búnga.

n. mung bean, stewed like lentils or made into bean sprouts: Phaseolus aureus; v. prepare a dish of mung beans. Nindut munggusan ang bulad bulinaw, Dried anchovies goes well if cooked with mung beans.

n. mung beans

n. cenobite nun; v. 1. be a cenobite nun; 2. cloister oneself like a nun.

n. cenobite monk; v. be, become a monk.

n. 1. kind of edible fish of the rocks of an unusually strong smell; 2. allusion to someone who smells bad. Kalígù uy nanimáhù ka mang mungit, Wash yourself, man. You smell like a mungit fish.

n. colony of members of a religious brotherhood, so called after their founder Hilario C. Moncado. mungkadista n. a follower of Moncado.

see mungha, munghi.

city hall

municipal

administrative center

n. 1. municipal building in a town; 2. town not as big as a city; v. be, become a municipality.

n. monitor, a student chosen to help a teacher with order, attendance, and other non-teaching chores; v. be, become a monitor, make someone the monitor.

v. 1. mount, set something up resting on something Nagmuntáda sila sa mga kanyun ibabaw sa kútà, They are mounting the cannons on the upper walls of the fort; 2. be mounted, put up s.w. Nagmuntáda ang bátà sa kúna, The baby is lying flat on the crib.

v. 1. set something up, install something for use. Wà pa ku makamuntǎr sa utáwan, I have not set the ironing board up yet. Gimuntǎr na ang ilibítur, The elevator has been installed; 2. mount, get on a saddle. Dì ku makamuntǎr sa silyíta sa bisiklíta kay hábug, I can not get on the bicycle seat because it’s too high; 3. for male animals to copulate. Dílì mumuntǎr ang butù kay walà bigái, The male won’t mount because he isn’t sexed up.

n. monte, kind of card game; v. play monte.

n. see muntinglúpà.

n. Muntinlupa, national penitentiary of the Philippines; v. be sent to Muntinlupa.

n. 1. saddle. Lisud ang magkabayù nga way muntúra, It’s difficult to ride a horse without a saddle; 2. seat of a bicycle; v. mount something on something, usually so as to put it in full view. Kamira nga gimuntúra ibabaw sa lamísa, A camera mounted on top of the table. pa- v. place conspicuously s.w. À, náa man giyus úna magpamuntúra, mu ra mag hárì, Hm, how he dared take a seat right in the front, as if he were a king!