List of Cebuano words starting with the letter S - Page 70

see pantíhan.

n. bough

n. 1. swath or a long rectangular area designated as an area to be worked. Maggálab ta ug kúgun, kining sangába ákù, ang píkas ímu, We will cut down the cogon. This swath is mine and that one is yours. Sángab nga ági sa ílang panggúna, The swath that was left when they cut grass; 2. kind of fish trap of shallow waters with a broad mouth tapering towards the bottom, set in the path of the fish; a. right in the path; v. 1. 1. do something in swaths. Sangábun (sangában) nátù nag sanggì ug tagurha ka dupa, We will harvest it in swaths two fathoms wide; 2. put something right in the path. Nasángab sa íyang mata ang páa sa dalága nga atbang níyag lingkud, He couldn’t help seeing the thighs of the girl sitting directly across from him. Isángab nang sugung sa túbud, Put the mouth of the bamboo tube to the spring; 3. catch fish with a sángab fish trap.

see sanglad.

see sanglag.

see pantíhan.

see sang-at.

n. people having the same first name. Ang santus kung sangay, The saint I’m named after. (←) v. have the same first name.

namesake

see sanglay.

see sakbat.

v. for the tether rope of an animal to get tangled on itself or around something else. Nagsambud ang písì sa kábaw ug diriyut matuuk, The water buffalo’s rope got tangled and the animal nearly choked. sangburan n. length of tubing made of a piece of bamboo 7–8″ long, used for storing yarn.

support

bracket

fellow

n. 1. in children’s games involving bets (of rubber bands and the like), one’s partner with whom one pools his bets. Pangáyù ug sigay sa ímung sangga ug mapildi ka, Ask for some more cowries from your partner if you lose; 2. close friend. Kaila ku kaáyu níya kay sangga ku siya sa ámung pagkabátà, I know him very well because he has been my chum since childhood days; v. 1. make someone his partner for games; 2. be friends with someone ka- see sangga, n.

n. partner

n. shield

support

sustain