List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 44

tsíkin — n. chicken salad. saladsálad v. hide poor quality products underneath or between things of good quality. Ang mga tindíra sa tabákù maáyung musaladsálad sa mga iskuhídu ug barut, The tobacco sellers are adept in mixing the first class leaves with the poor ones.

salad

see sanggut, n, v.

n. 1. nest; 2. the home (literary). 3. source, place where something or someone comes from. Ang Pásil kunu mauy sálag sa mga butangíru, Pasil is where the toughs come from. — sa kaminyúun state of being married (literary). Bayinti anyus ang ílang ípun sa sálag sa kaminyúun, They have been living together in wedded bliss for twenty years; v. nest. Dílì musálag ang langgam dinhi kay duul sa agiánan, The bird will not nest here because it is near a pathway.

n. nest

n. the class of starchy foods consisting of plantains and root crops; v. have root crops as staple food.

guess

random

see sulagmà.

n. matting placed between layers of objects: 1. used in packing; 2. placed above boiling water to act as a double boiler; 3. in thatched roofing, the thin slat around which the cogon of the thatching is wound, tied to secondary rafters; v. install, pack something with salagsag.

n. principal rafters of a roof; v. put, make, make into a principal rafter.

n. rafter

v. 1. drag, search the bottom of water for something with a net or grapnel. Ang pulis musáhid sa línaw pagpangítà sa patay, The police will drag the bottom of the lake to look for the body; 2. dig up information. Sahírun mu ang tanang kasayúran báhin sa disgrasya, Dig up all the information about the accident. Mau ning tabía ákung nasahiran, I stumbled across this little piece of gossip. (←) n. general term for fish net, grapnel dragged along the bottom. paN- v. go fishing with the sáhid; n. fishing with the sáhid.

n. kind of nonfatal sickness which is characterized by the yellowing of the white of the eyes, thought to be caused by stepping over certain plants or by walking at the back of someone who is believed to be a salakan; v. get this disease. -an(→) n. one who causes this disease if people walk behind his back. A person gets this supernatural power involuntarily and often may not realize he has it. He can also cure it by rubbing the patient’s clothing and saying puyra sálak.

v. catch something in the hands. Salka ang búla, Catch the ball.

n. airplane

(not without l) n. 1. see saruk, 1. 2. name of a folk dance which uses the saruk hat; v. dance this dance.

bus

cab

n. conveyance