List of Cebuano words starting with the letter P - Page 279

n. medicinal plaster for headaches or muscular pains; v. 1. patch something by laying it on top. Ang buslut gipatsíhag gúma, The hole was patched up with rubber; 2. wear a medicinal plaster. Nagpatsi ku kay labad ákung úlu, I am wearing a medicinal plaster for my headache.

n. 1. cement binding; 2. decorative patching on material; v. 1. bind stones with cement. Patsíngi ang batu sa paril arun dì matumpag, Bind the stones forming the wall with cement so it can’t collapse; 2. put a decorative patching on something.

patch

n. general name for ducks.

v. pair someone teasingly with someone else. Kinsay nagpátù nímu kang Pidru? Who wanted to pair you off with Pedro?

n. irrigation

margin

a. having a protruding bulge in the front or back of the head. Patuk ug agtang, Having a bulging forehead; v. for the front or back of the head to protrude. Mapatuk ang úlu sa bátà ug sigíhag patakílid, The child’s head will develop a bulge if he is always put down on his side.

v. play (music)

adapt

n. kind of fit characterized by convulsions and foaming of the mouth; v. suffer a seizure of this sort. -l-un n. one who is subject to these seizures.

n. 1. kind of squash: Luffa acutangula; 2. by extension, name also given to the sikwa, a similar vegetable.

pathology

adj. westward

see butung.

v. place something on top of something else. Ang lángaw nga makapatung sa kábaw magpakakábaw sad, A fly that alights on a carabao thinks he, too, is a carabao (becomes swell-headed). Patúngi ang mga papil arun dì manglúpad, Put a weight on the papers so they won’t get blown away; n. 1. pile. Natumpag ang pátung sa mga diláta, The cans that were stacked up neatly came tumbling down; 2. interest on money. Pilay pátung sa kwartang ímung gihulaman? How much interest did they charge on the money you borrowed? patungpatung v. pile, be piled up, accumulated. Nagpatungpatung ang ákung trabáhu, maung sígi kug ubirtayim, My work is piling up, so I keep having to work overtime. hi-/ha-(→), hi-/ha- 1. be at the top of something Paghipátung níla sa bungtud, When they reached the top of the mountain; 2. reach a certain height of affluence. Nahipátung ku sa kahamugáway kay nakadaug kus swipstiks, I was on easy street when I won the sweepstakes.

n. article

simulate

v. 1. compose lines, extemporaneously, to form a rhyme; 2. fabricate insidious gossip against others. Maáyu kang mupatùpátù sa mga butang nga wà mahímù sa ímung isig ka táwu, You are good at inventing gossip about other people, things they couldn’t possibly have done; n. 1. rhymes composed extemporaneously. Sa balítaw ang ditsu patùpátù, In the courtship poems, the verses are extemporaneous; 2. fabrication made up against someone

see *turágas.