List of Cebuano words starting with the letter M - Page 188

n. dish made of ground meat mixed with spices and wrapped in the leaf fat or thinly sliced pork or beef, and boiled and then fried; v. make, have murkun.

n. morphine.

see amursíku.

a. 1. mortal sin. Ayawg pangáwat kay salà kanang murtal, Do not steal because that is a mortal sin; 2. I swear, it’s true. Wà lagi ku mamakak, murtal (murtal sin) pa, I am not lying, I swear. — sin see murtal, 2.

n. mortar cannons. Murtal ang gamítun pagbungkag sa kaáway, They use mortars to scatter the enemy; v. fire a mortar cannon on.

see murtal, a2.

a. pouting, unsmiling face; v. having a sour face in displeasure. Nagmuru ang babáying nasukù, The angry woman is frowning.

n. 1. play in verse, dramatizing noble deeds of royalty, performed on an elaborate and lavish scale on the feast day of a patron saint; 2. something put on merely as a show, not with serious purpose. Usa lang nà ka murumúru ang imbistigasiyun sa kahugáwan sa Arsii, The investigation of the Rice Administration scandals is all a big show; v. hold a Moro-Moro play.

n. kind of torch made from a section of bamboo around 3 cm. in diameter with a neck and fuelled with kerosene; v. make, make into a torch of this sort.

n. 1. Muslim (derogatory reference). 2. unbaptized infant (humorous). -in-, -in-(←) a. doing things like the Moros: 1. speak the language of the Moros; 2. fight, settle arguments like the Moros; 3. setting outrageously high prices; 4. traitorous, stabbing in the back; v. do something like the Moros. ka-an n. place where many Muslims live.

see amurúsu.

n. a notorious red light and slum district near the waterfront of Cebu City.

n. kind of soil with heavy humus content used by florists.

short for bámus na. see bámus.

n. 1. muse, a beauty queen. Si Bilin ang nahímung músa sa klási, Belen became the class muse; 2. in a benefit dance where girls are auctioned off to dancing partners, the girl who gets the highest amount of money; v. be, become a muse; make someone the muse.

v. mover close(r)

museum

v. pout and frown from annoyance. Mimusgut siya nga ákung gisúgù, She frowned when I sent her on an errand. -un(→) a. always frowning in countenance.

n. name given to an edible kind of pufferfish with no spines.

n. music