List of Cebuano words starting with the letter M - Page 88

n. chameleon

zoo

adulterer

adulteress

dance hostess

a. henpecked husband; v. become henpecked.

adj. hen-peck

henpecked

woman

n. 1. title for elder sister; 2. title given to any woman older than the speaker; v. call someone manang. (→) voc. form. short form: nang.

n. toddy gatherer; v. be, become a toddy gatherer.

a. sweet-sounding, melodious. Ang manánuyng tíngug sa langgam, The sweet, melodious voice of the bird.

n. kind of dove: the green-winged ground dove: Chalcophaps indica. túlin pa sa — very swift.

stay

n. kind of parasitic air plant, with long linear lanceolate leaves radiating from the center: Asplenium nidus.

n. the white-breasted sea eagle: Haliaetus leucogaster.

n. title for a female much older than the speaker; v. call someone manáy. (→) voc. form.

(from subad) n. 1. any large deep-sea fish; 2. usurer. Nadátù siya kay mambad nga dakù, He became rich because he was a great usurer; 3. dakung — an important person of great influence. Si Lawril dakung mambad sa pulitika, Laurel is a big figure in politics; a. 1. fierce and grasping. Púru mga mambad ang tagaadwána. Padug-un ka giyud ug táman, The customs people are voracious beasts. They’ll bleed you dry; 2. fierce, termagant woman. Túa na pud, gitapuk-an na pud si Tiryu sa íyang mambad nga asáwa, There goes Terio’s shrewish wife at him again; 3. someone that is dangerous to women. Ayawg túu níya kay mambad nà sa mga babáyi, Don’t believe him because he is dangerous to women. ka- n. quality of being fierce and grasping. Ang kamambad sa pamingkúngan, The fierceness of a hammerhead shark.

see salimbángun.

n. a district in Rizal, Luzon. taga-, gíkan sa — crazy (lit. one who has been a patient at the mental hospital in Mandaluyong).