List of Cebuano words starting with the letter N - Page 29

adj. numb

adj. emaciated

adj. flowering

see kami.

n. mosquito; v. 1. be bothered by mosquitoes; 2. be kept waiting too long. Pagkadúgay nímu mag-ílis, namukun man lang tag paábut, You sure take long to change. I have been kept waiting till mosquitoes have eaten me up.

blush

adj. yielding

adj. waxen

blush

live

reside

indoors

1. see dan; 2. in narrations, particle preceding a statement that is off the subject but important for the course of the story. Nan, kadtu si Antunyu, palainan ta lang, ákù tung ámu, Now, this Antonio, to change the subject, was my employer.

see ug, 1 (dialectal).

abscess

infection

meaningless syllables used in humming out a tune.

n. pus; v. be filled with pus. (→) v. give off pus. Munanà nang ímung hubag, Your wound will exude pus. hi- v. take out pus. panghi- v. remove the pus from one’s wound. Ambi tung dágum kay manghinánà ku, Hand me that needle because I’ll remove the pus from my wound.

n. title for a related female: 1. for grandparents or women of an older generation; 2. for one’s elder sister; v. call someone nána.

pus