List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 21

loud

noise

noisy

adj. talkative

loquacious

a. restless, unsteady, always moving. Sabad kaáyu ang tabánug, The kite was very unsteady; n. propeller, blade of a fan, windmill; v. 1. be, become annoyingly restless, unsteady. Musabad ang mga bábuy ug gutúmun, Pigs get restless when they are hungry; 2. attach, make into a propeller or fan, windmill blade; 3. whiz closely by, moving fast. Wà gánì makasabad sa íyang gipusil ang bála, The bullet did not even go near the target; 4. go near something for a purpose. Gisabaran níya kanúnay ang asáwa nga nagsugal, He kept hanging around his wife who was gambling. Isabad (sabara) ang bátà kun túa ba sa iskuylahan, Go by the school for a moment and see if the child is there.

n. Seventh-day Adventist; v. be, become a Seventh-day Adventist.

n. Saturday

saturday

weekend

n. 1. Saturday. — iglurya, Santu the Saturday of the Holy Week; 2. one point short of winning. Sabadu na ang ílang iskúr. Usa na lay kuwang pára mudaug, They are one point short of winning. They only need one more point to sew up the game. see birnis for verb forms. -in- v. 1. use something sparingly or in little amounts. Musinabadu lang ku ug pangagwa basta lang mahumut ta, I will use the perfume sparingly just enough to smell sweet; 2. preserve fish with a small amount of salt. Magsinabadu ta kay daghang bulinaw ug dì nátù mahurut, Let’s make fish preserves because we’ve got lots of anchovies and we can’t consume them all; n. fish preserved with a little salt.

anyway

n. area of a field assigned to a particular person to work on.

v. 1. put something in one’s lap to carry it. Dì ku musábak nímu kay dakù ka, I will not allow you to sit on my lap because you’re too big. Ákung sabákun (isábak) ring bátà arun makalingkud tang tanan, I will put the child on my lap so that all of us can sit down; 2. hit something squarely. Usa ka suntuk nasábak sa íyang apapángig, A blow with the fist struck him squarely in the jaw; 3. sponsor a bill, espouse a cause. Ang bag-ung urdinansa gisábak sa tanang mga kawáni, The new ordinance is supported by all the employees; 4. having a certain property (literary). Hángin nga nagsábak sa madulútung kabugnaw, A wind that brought penetrating coolness. — ug bitúun v. for a crescent moon to have a star just above it—a sign of good luck for courtship. Ug musábak gánì kunu ang búlan ug bitúun, dalì sugtun ang láking mangulitáwu, They say that a man will easily win the hand of a woman he courts when the moon is carrying a star in its lap. (→) v. be pregnant. Kalúha tingáli ning ákung gisabak, I must be pregnant with twins. -an(→) n. 1. lap or something analogous to it. Nag-ulun sa ákung sabakan, Resting her head on my lap. Sa sabakan sa dakung búkid, At the base of a big mountain; 2. the mother’s womb (literary). Gíkan sa sabakan ni Maríya, From Mary’s womb; 2a. one’s parents. Anak sa pubring sabakan, A child from poor parents; 2b. -an sa yútà the bosom of the earth (literary). 3. female genitalia (euphemism). 4. small basket with an open mouth, usually rounded, made of rattan or bamboo, used as a container for the seeds when sowing or for harvested rice; v. hit in the genital region.

n. lap

a. 1. offering resistance to motion. Sábal kaáyu ning maggúyud ta ug gákit, It’s slow-going if you tow a raft; 2. entailing encumbrance, a burden. Sábal kaáyu ang bátà sa lakaw, The child is a nuisance to take with you when you go out. Kining mga lúun sa balay sábal kaáyu, It’s a burden to have other people live with you; 3. obstructing the vision. Sábal kaáyu sa átung panan-aw ang mga káhuy, The surrounding trees obstruct our view; v. be, become a drag to forward motion, burden, or obstruction.

hindrance

liability

n. encumbrance

see gwayabanu.