List of Cebuano words starting with the letter T - Page 103

v. close by folding. Kinsay nagtiklup sa páyung nga basà pa? Who folded the umbrella while it was wet? Itiklup (tiklúpa) ang tanang libru, Close all your books. tikluptiklup n. collapsible. Tikluptiklup nga silya, Folding chairs.

v. eat slowly, pecking at one’s food. Ngánung nagtikmìtikmì ka man? Wà ka ba gutma? Why are you pecking at your food? Are you not hungry?

n. 1. technique; 2. cunning means of attaining something Maáyu siyag tiknik kay nagpabúy arun makapaniktik, He was pretty smart, becoming a houseboy in order to spy on them.

n. 1. technical. Hinábang tiknikal ang itanyag sa yúin, The un offers technical aid; 2. see tiknikal nak-áwut; 3. see tiknikal pawul. — nak-áwut n. technical knockout in boxing, where one of the boxers is still conscious but not able to continue fighting; 3. — pawul technical foul in basketball, committed against a player who does not have the ball; v. 1. beat by a T.K.O. 2. slap a technical foul on.

n. technician.

n. technicolor movie; a. brightly colored like technicolor. Tiknikúlur ang íyang púlu, His shirt is brightly colored; v. 1. make a movie with technicolor; 2. do something in colors.

n. technician; v. be a technician.

n. school course in technology.

heel

n. 1. kind of fierce gamecock (said to be bred from stock imported from Texas). 2. girl who is sexually aggressive. Tiksas nang bayhána kay mugukud giyug láki, That girl is aggressive because she runs after men.

n. text of the Bible.

n. 1. tick-tock sound of a clock and the like; 2. two pieces of wood clapped against each other to produce a tik tak sound, used as percussion in a combo.

n. 1. call for chickens to come near in feeding them; 2. call of the mother hen for her chicks; v. call newly hatched or small chicks.

n. 1. portion of the corn grain that comes out powdery when the corn is ground into grits; 1a. by extension, the similar by-product of rice; 2. dirt under the foreskin of the penis; v. become dirt under the foreskin. Makatiktik nang way kalígù, If you don’t bathe you get dirt under your foreskin. — ug it’s impossible that (so-and-so) could happen (coarse). Tiktik pug magbag-u siya, I doubt that he’ll ever reform. -un(→) a. 1. having dirt under the foreskin of the penis; 2. uncircumcised.

n. detective

n. fifth-column

n. spy

v. 1. tap lightly on a hard surface, producing a sound of tick-tick. Tiktíka (itiktik) ang linung-ag nga itlug sa lamisa, Tap the hard-boiled egg gently on the table; 2. chip off rust. Tayaun na gánì ang barku tiktikan dáyun sa mga tripulanti, When the sides of the ship become rusty, the crewmen chip off the rust. paN-an sa bakì n. out-of-the-way, hardly accessible place (place where the frogs go tick-tick). Túa ku magmaistra sa paniktikag bakì, I’m teaching in the backwoods.

v. spy on, discover by snooping. Akuy maniktik (mutiktik) sa kalihúkan sa átung kuntra, I’ll spy on our enemies’ activities. Natiktikan siyang may laláki, She was discovered with a paramour; n. detective. paN- n. detective work.

see tikulub.