List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 131

a. sincere.

a. 1. sensitive, easily offended; 2. for electric equipment to be sensitive; v. be sensitive or easily offended and irritated.

n. science.

coin

see sinsilyu.

n. census, an official enumeration of population or some other statistics of an area; v. have or hold a census.

n. censor; v. censor something presented to the public. Gisinsur ang báhin sa salída nga dúnay naghúbù, The part where there was a nude scene was censored out. -s censors (plural).

n. large, deep-sea fishing net which encircles the fish; v. fish with this sort of net, esp. in harvesting fish from under the páyaw. sinsuradur n. one who operates this sort of equipment.

see sinsu.

n. pieces of wood or bamboo slats nailed horizontally across posts as fence railings, to which small vertical slats are attached; v. put up, make into this sort of fence railing.

v. 1. for horses to rear up. Pagbantay kay musinta ang kabáyù! Watch out! The horse will rear; 2. flare up in anger, raising the head. Ngánung musinta ka man pára sa usa ka gamayng hangyù? Why do you flare up for such a tiny request? — libanta n. a dog’s trick where the dog can sit or stand on its hind legs on command; v. perform this trick. hi-/ha- v. be taken aback so as to jerk one’s head back. Nahasinta ku sa íyang tinubagan, I was taken aback by the way he talked back.

n. penny

see sintabus (singular). Usa ka sintábu, One cent.

n. centavo. Singku sintábus, Five centavos. maN-(→) n. 1. one centavo coin; 2. something costing one centavo apiece. Kining gidak-úna sa agridulsi manintabus, This size of calamondin is one centavo apiece; v. be one centavo apiece.

jerk

v. pull a fishline or a line attached to a trap with a jerk. Sintákun nímu ang pasul inigkubit sa isdà, The moment the fish bites, pull the line with a jerk.

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lace

n. 1. strip of silken ribbon or cord with a religious medal worn around the neck as an indication of one’s devotion to a particular saint; 2. film-strip; 3. story. Nagsulat siyag sintas nga kawbuy, He wrote a cowboy story; 4. shoe laces; 5. — nga balátung n. variety of very long balátung; v. 1. wear a ribbon with a saint’s picture; 2. lace shoes.