List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 52

reject

v. 1. push something aside to show dislike or gain passage. Makasalikway ka ba ánang sanga nga nagbalabag sa dálan? Can you push aside the branch that’s in the way? Salikwayi mig diyútay diri, Toss some of that stuff you don’t want this way. Ayaw isalikway ang ímung pagkáun, Don’t push your food aside; 2. reject, spurn. Ikaw nga nagsalikway sa ákung gugma, You, who spurned my love. Ang maung hukum sigúrung isalikway sa kurti supríma, The Supreme Court will surely set that decision aside. -in- n. someone rejected. Gugmang sinalikway, Spurned love. Sinalikway sa pálad, Unfortunate (lit. spurned by fate).

see dalikyat.

a. having a deep bow, shaped and curved like a half sphere. Ang salikyaub nga káhuy gihímung sakayan, The curving tree trunk was made into a banca. (←) v. become curved, arc-shaped. Bumba ang nakasalikyáub (nakapasalikyáub) sa yútà, The bomb made holes in the ground. Isalikyáub (salikyáuba) ang papil arun sudlan nátù sa bugas, Fold the paper into a deep bowl to put the rice in. -un nga búlan n. crescent moon.

see alíli.

a. for the vision to be blurred. Salimágaw ang íyang panan-aw tungud sa katigúlang, His vision is blurred from old age; v. for the vision to become blurred. Gisalimágaw (misalimágaw) ang íyang panan-aw sa asu, Smoke made his vision blurred.

n. kind of vine.

n. kind of erect, branched, smooth shrub of waste places, the leaves of which have medicinal uses and are used for bathing babies, coming in two species or varieties: — nga pula a variety with maroon-tinged stems and leaves, and — nga putì a variety with green stems and leaves: Pseuderanthemum sp.

screen

v. 1. cover something as a protection from view or the elements. Dakung káhuy ang misalimbung sa ílang balay, A huge tree hid their house. Úlung gisalimbúngag piryudiku, Head protected from the sun (or rain) by a newspaper; 2. hide, conceal from someone’s knowledge (literary). Ang íyang mik-ap mauy misalimbung sa mga túig nga íyang gilukdu, Her make-up concealed her age. Gisalimbúngan níyag katáwa ang kaguul nga íyang gibátì, She laughed to cover the sadness she felt; n. screen, protection from view, the elements, or public knowledge.

see púkut.

illusion

rave

v. be delirious, talk in a delirium. Nagsalimuang (gisalimuang) ang tigúlang tungud sa hilánat, The old man is delirious due to his fever. Unsa may gisalimuangan sa pagsulti sa masakitun? What is the delirious patient saying? n. 1. delirium; 2. random thoughts in one’s musing (literary), Kadtu mga salimuang lámang sa balaknun níyang hunàhúnà, Those were the random thoughts of his poetic mind.

n. 1. leftover, leftovers. Ang salin ipasaw sa bábuy, Feed the leftovers to the pigs. Imúha ang usa ka dusína ug ang salin ihátag kang Bituy, One dozen goes to you, and the rest give Bitoy; 2. someone left behind or abandoned by someone else. Salin siya sa Kanù kay ang íyang amahan suldádung Amirkánung mipaúlì na, He is a war baby left behind by an American soldier that went home; 3. something or someone that survived a disease or accident. Misánay ang íyang manuk nga salin sa átay, His chickens that survived the chicken cholera multiplied. — sa gúbat 1. war veteran; 2. someone born during the war. — sa úwak 1. a fallen woman. Mangasáwa ka ánang bayhána nga salin sa úwak? You’re going to marry that disgraced woman? 2. one who has lots of round scars on his head where the hair won’t grow; v. set aside, leave something for someone Salinig sud-an ang kasíra, Set aside some food for the boarder.

n. remnant

n. residue

n. scrap

n. veteran

remains