List of Cebuano words starting with the letter N - Page 56

fiancee

n. bride

n. girl

fiance

n. bridegroom

north

n. note(s)

n. note

n. tone

ninety

see inpísi.

1. isn’t that right? ‘Muinum man ka, nu?’—‘Mu lang’, ‘You drink liquor, don’t you?’—‘I sure do’. 2. so it is, isn’t it? Martis man diay run, nu? Today is Tuesday, isn’t it? 3. particle asking the hearer if he understands: You know what I mean? Ákù siyang giabláhan. Unyà nu, mihílak siya, I proposed to her. And then, you know what? She cried. sa — see sa. see unsa, 5.

see kunu.

see puydi.

n. abbreviation for Nubimbri, November.

a. inexperienced, neophyte. Kumaw siya kay nubátu pa ánang trabahúa, He does it awkwardly because he is inexperienced in that job.

n. decoration representing clouds used in the background of the representation of the nativity scene in church at Christmas.

n. novel. nubilista n. novelist.

see nubyimbri.

n. novena. — nga bug-us n. special novena for one person or soul. — sa kumun n. novena offered for all souls on All Souls’ Day or on the nine days before; v. hold a novena. Nakalingkawas tu siya sa purgaturyu kay nanubináhan, He has probably been saved from purgatory because a novena was held for him. — ug sugung, almanáki v. I’ll eat my hat, do the impossible (lit. read a novena from a bamboo tube, almanac). Magnubína kug sugung ug makapasar kas síbil sirbis, I will eat my hat if you pass the Civil Service exams. nubinahan n. book used in praying the novena. nubinaryu n. the nine-day period in which a novena is held; v. hold this feast.