List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 112

see gwayabanu. — karabaw see siku. — kapúti see tsíku.

see sikwáti, n, v1.

n. 1. psychology; 2. the knack of dealing with people to get them to perform in a desired way, read their feelings. Ug may sikuluhíya ka pa wà lang untà nímu palita arun itanyag ug barátu, If you’d had a better knowledge of human behavior, you wouldn’t have bought it right away so that you could have gotten it cheap.

see síkan grid. see síkan.

n. secondary school (grades seven through ten).

apprehend

n. kind of bird of prey. mata ug — a. hawk-eyed.

nab

v. 1. catch fish or shellfish by running a net or hands along the bottom of the water; 2. arrest, usually after a dragnet operation. Ug sikúpun ka sa ipbiay walà kay iskapaturya, If the FBI institutes a dragnet to find you, there is no escape; 2a. trap an elusive bachelor into marriage. sinikpan n. fish or shellfish caught by hand.

v. steal something not of great value (slang). Kinsay nagsikuy sa ákung bulpin? Who swiped my pen?

n. kind of squash: Luffa cylindrica.

see sikawalu.

cocoa

n. chocolate, a beverage made of sugar and ground roasted cacao beans, served hot and thick; v. 1. make, have chocolate; 2. defeat decisively. Sa baskit nasikwáti mi, We were trounced in the basketball game; 2a. punish severely. Bantay ka lang ug sakpan kang Pápa kay masikwáti ka giyud, Watch out if Daddy catches you. You will get it. 2b. perform badly. Pisti tung prublimáha. Mau tuy nakasikwáti (nakapasikwáti) nákù, That damn problem was my downfall in the exam; 2c. be erotically stimulated to a high degree. Ug muuban nang bayhána nákù sa sini, masikwáti giyud, If that woman goes to the show with me, I’ll get her all hopped up.

v. shove to the side with a sweeping motion of the arms. Sígi siyang sikway sa mga bugang pagsúut níya sa kalibunan, He kept shoving away the weeds to the sides as he went through the thicket. Hisikwayan nákù ang básu maung nahúlug, I happened to knock my arm against the glass, and it fell.

psychiatry

n. security guard. — gard see sikyuriti.

v. hold a bargain sale. Nagsíl karun sa Wayitguld, They’re having a sale at the White Gold. Krismas, prumusiyun, payir dámids, watir dámids — Christmas, promotional, fire, water damage sale.

v. 1. look at something closely to study it. Gisil-ing níya ang títik nga milakra sa papil, He studied the letters that appeared on the page; 2. peep, look hard through a small opening. Gisil-ing níya sa bungbung kung kinsay nahiabut, He peeped through the slit in the wall to see who was coming. -an(→), -anan n. opening one can peep through.

peep