List of Cebuano words starting with the letter P - Page 197

n. flat, pointed stick, usually bamboo, used as a needle to string tobacco leaves together; v. make into a paliyu. (←) n. 1. match stick, toothpick; 2. swab of cotton on a thin stick; v. swab something Paliyúhan giyud ang búug arun dì mudalítay, Swab the thick ear discharge so that it won’t ooze out.

adj. earnest

n. 1. balcony of a theater or a house; 2. small improvised hut built fronting a stage as a box for viewers. palkupalku n. a raised flooring or stage for a performance.

n. palm plant or any part thereof. Ang palma simbulu sa kadaúgan, The palm is a symbol of victory. — ulíba olive palm, a palm of the same genus as the pitúgu, but somewhat smaller.

n. any of a number of small pinnate-leafed palms, potted or planted for ornamental purposes.

n. 1. rod for punishment; 2. punishment with a rod; v. administer the rod. Kusug mupalmíta ang mga páring Katsílà, The Spanish priests were fond of punishing the children with a rod.

n. a game of marbles in which marbles are made to bounce off a board. The first player shoots and the second player tries to hit the first player’s marble or get within a certain distance. If he fails, the first player throws again, and so forth; v. 1. play a game of palmu; 2. in basketball, shoot the ball into the basket by making it bounce off the board first.

see pamulug. see bulug.

bat

mast

n. lash

spank

spar

n. masthead

black out

quench

a. disheveled; v. be disheveled. Ang íyang buhuk mipalpag tungud sa hilabihang kauga, Her hair was disheveled because it was so dry.

n. kind of herbaceous ground cover with creeping stems also grown in pots: Pellionia daveauana.

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spank