List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 106

n. 1. successive, frequent. Lápuk kaáyu sa ámù kay sigídas ang ulan, My place is very muddy because it keeps raining; 2. automatic, rapid-firing weapons; 3. freewheeling, such that the chain that links the pedal gear to the wheel gear engages only in the forward direction, and not in the backward direction. Sigídas ang bisiklíta nga rísir, A racing bicycle is freewheeling; 3a. racing bicycle; v. become frequent or successive; do something successively or frequently. Nagsigídas ang ákung mga sulat rung mga adláwa, I keep getting letters one after another these days. Sigidásun nímu ug tindak ang pidal arun magsígi ug túyuk ang ligid, Keep pumping the pedal so the wheels will keep turning.

see karabansus.

n. kind of net designed for taking out catch from the fish corral. (→) v. get the fish out of the corral with a net.

hemorrhage

an exclamation uttered together with shaking someone emotionally upset by the shoulders; v. 1. shake someone and say sigingsiging. Sa nagsigingsiging ku sa bátà, mihínay ang íyang paghílak, After I had shaken the child and said sigingsiging to him, he began to stop crying; 2. make someone hurry in doing something Kinsa mang kustumíra ang nagsigingsiging ug pagpakúha nímu ug túbig? Who was the customer that made you hurry in getting a glass of water?

nag

n. name of a notorious gang of Tagalog hoodlums as opposed to the uksu (OXO) of the Visayans. — gang see sigisígi.

see siklat.

see sikging.

see síkit.

century

n. century. Sa Siglu Katursi, In the Fourteenth Century.

v. 1. seize by the arms or legs, usually in a stealthy manner. Nakasigmit kug manuk, I managed to catch a chicken by the legs. Misáwum siya ug gisigmit ang tiil sa dalága, He swam under the water and seized the woman’s legs; 2. arrest someone wanted by the law. Mga sikríta mauy nagsigmit sa isnatsir, Plainclothesmen nabbed the snatcher.

v. crave for food that one has not eaten for a long time. Gisigmuk na kug kinílaw tangígi, I crave for raw Spanish mackerel.

v. swipe or lift things of small value. Dúnay nagsigmuk sa ákung bulpin, someone swiped my ballpoint pen.

n. signal; v. give a signal. Signáli ku sa busína, Blow your horn as a signal to me.

see sigmit.

n. 1. in folk belief, the preordained agent through which one meets his death as revealed by fortune-telling. Pagkalúnud sa barku wà siya mamatay kay kaláyu may íyang signus, When the boat sunk he didn’t die because his fate was to die by fire; 2. see agnus; v. be saved from unexpected death because it is not one’s signus to die that way.

coincide

n. pipe