List of Cebuano words starting with the letter P - Page 360

n. pulpit; v. make the pulpit in the church.

mash

pulverize

adj. imbecile

n. blockhead

v. 1. break something brittle into tiny pieces. Napulpug ang básung nahagbung, The glass fell and broke into smithereens; 2. tap, knock off fine particles. Akuy mupulpug sa ágiw sa ákung sigarilyu, I’ll knock off the ashes of my cigarette. Ákung gipulpúgan ug sulpanilamáyid ang ákung samad, I tapped sulfanilamide powder onto my wound. -an(→) n. cave under a river bank where crocodiles make their abode (and bring their prey to destroy them).

a. 1. not bright. Pulpul kaáyu nang batáa sa klási, That child is very dull in class; 1a. unskillful in doing or executing things. Pulpul kaáyung mikaniku kay wà kaáyu sa dyíp, The mechanic was no good. He could not repair the jeep; 2. for vehicles or animals to be slow in running speed. Pulpul kaáyung mudágan nang kabayúa, That horse runs very slow; v. be, become mentally slow, unskilled, slow in movement.

see pluríra.

n. bracelet

n. bracelet; v. 1. wear a bracelet; 2. get a bracelet.

n. pulse

wrist

n. 1. pulse; 2. wrist. maáyu ug — a. having steady hands. Hantir kaáyu nang tawhána kay maáyu man kaáyug pulsu, That man is a sharpshooter because he has steady hands. pugung sa — n. 1. something to stave off hunger (lit. hold back the pulse). 2. something done temporarily in the absence of something better. Náay íyang trabáhu apan pugung lang nà sa pulsu kay wà may láin, He has a job but it is just temporary because he doesn’t have anything else; v. 1. stave off hunger. Mupugung (mupapugung) sa pulsu ang kindi, Candies will stave off hunger; 2. make do with something Ígù pang makapugung sa pulsu ning diyútayng gasulína sa gasulinahan, This little gasoline is enough to get us to the gas station. hiN- v. take someone’s pulse. Ang duktur ang muhimulsu (manghimulsu) nímu, The doctor will feel your pulse. rilu di- n. wrist watch.

n. 1. door, doorway. — mayur main door; 2. admission fee; 3. see pwirtu; v. pay admission. Akuy mupulta nímu sa sini, I’ll pay your way to the show. pultahan n. 1. doorway; 2. store space used as a retail establishment. Duha ka náyung pultahan ang ílang giabángan, They rented two adjacent store spaces. pultíra see pultíru (female). pultíru n. doorkeeper, usher who collects admission tickets; v. be a ticket collector.

door

n. 1. one’s fowls and the equipment to maintain them. Nasúnug ámung pultri gabíi, Our chicken coop burnt down last night; v. 1. operate a poultry business. Magpultri ku arun ku makabaligyag mga itlug, I want to raise poultry so that I can sell eggs; 2. set up a poultry house. Magpultri kug kabutangan sa mga manuk, I’ll make a coop to shelter the chickens.

(not without l) n. short-sleeved sport shirt. — barung, barung — short-sleeved barung; v. get, make into a púlu. puluhun n. material to make into a púlu.

numeral ten; v. see pitu; n. ten-peso bill. ika- a. the tenth. ka-, maka- ten times. na- see púlù.

n. 1. handle of bladed instruments; 2. butt of a pistol or a revolver; v. make, supply the handle of a bladed instrument. Íya nang gipulúan (gipul-ánan) ang ímung sundang, He has made a handle for your bolo. puluan, pul-an see púlu, n, v. mag-/nagdáyig ug pul-an ug guna extolling the virtues of one’s own possessions. Ang amahan nga nagdáyig sa kagwápa sa íyang kaugalíngung anak mu rag nagdáyig ug puluan ug guna, A father who praises his own daughter’s beauty is like a man who praises a bolo handle he made himself.

n. island. ka-an, kapupud-an n. archipelago. Ang kapupud-an sa Pilipínas, The Philippine Islands.