List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 115

n. ray

radiate

shine

n. beam

n. sunshine

n. candlelight

[pron., third person plural (they, their, them), topic or nominative case] they

toot

whistle

see sirbátu.

n. bedroom

silver

see sirbi, sirbidur, sirbidúra. see sirbi.

n. cell of a prison or convent.

n. broom

n. sweep

v. 1. sweep or rake a surface to remove dirt. Silhígun mu ang ginabas, Sweep away the sawdust. Silhígan nátù ang tugkaran, Let’s rake the grass; 2. remove from office in numbers. Kadtung walà mubutar nákù silhígun sa katungdánan, Those who did not vote for me will be removed from office; n. broom. — sa ngípun toothpick (humorous). maN-r- n. sweeper.

n. pepper

n. pepper: Capsicum spp. — nga amirikánu a large yellow variety. — nga ispáda long variety: Capsicum anuum var. longum. — nga kagùkù the large sweet pepper which turns red when ripe: Capsicum anuum. — kulikut tiny, hot, red peppers: Capsicum frutescens. (→) v. use, put hot peppers to, into something Musili ka ba? Do you use pepper in your food? — kay gihángan for someone to get hurt by some indirect hints which refer to what he was actually doing (if the shoe fits, put it on). Nahimangud si Líta sa ákung sulti. Nagsili tingáli kay gihángan man, Lita was hurt by what I said. It probably was true. (Lit. She must be putting pepper in her food if she feels it is too spicy.) sinilian, sinilihan a. spiced with hot peppers.

n. dragonfly