List of Cebuano words starting with the letter T - Page 194

juxtapose

see tapad.

prep. beside

juxtapose

n. topaz.

v. become unconscious with the pupils of the eyes moving upward and with twitching of the fingers. Idalì ang bátà sa huspital sa dílì pa tupayun, Bring the child at once to the hospital before it becomes unconscious; n. state of being unconscious.

trim

v. be flush with. Sipilyáhi ang bagà nga tabla hangtud magtúpi ang duha, Plane down the thick board until the two boards are exactly even. Abunúhi ang karsáda hangtud matúpi sa daplin, Put fill in the road until it is flush with the edge. Pun-a ang tangki hangtud ang túbig matúpi sa ngábil, Fill up the tank until the water is flush with the rim.

v. give haircut. Kinsang barbirúha nagtupi nímu, Which barber gave you a haircut? n. haircut. pa- v. get a haircut.

n. topic. Pirmi lang pulitiku ang tupiku nga ílang hisgútan, Politics is always the topic of their conversation.

v. speak with mispronunciations from speech defects, similar to lisping in English, but with a substitution of /s/ for /t/. (The tongue is said to stick to the roof of the mouth.) Nagtupit ang dílà sa nagdiskursu tungud sa nirbiyus, The man who was giving a speech was so nervous he started to lisp.

v. 1. push someone or something away. Gituplak sa bátà ang básu sa bintánà, The child pushed the glass out of the window; 2. push a cock toward another to induce the second cock to fight. Ituplak ning sunúya sa usa arun masakmalan tung usa inig-áway níla, Shove this cock toward the other one so that I can grab it when they fight.

see pantuplas.

a. mischievous, full of pranks. Gibutangag íhì sa tupluk dakù ang pláwir bís ni Mám, The prankster put urine in the teacher’s vase; v. be, become mischievous.

see tulpuk (but not doubled).

adj. even

coordinate

n. level

v. 1. cut something from its base or stem. Tuptúpa ang pakù kay dì nà iapil paglútù, Cut the wings off. Don’t include them with what you are cooking; 1a. cut something with long strokes at the base; 2. cut something straight across, not tapering. Kinsay nagtuptup ug tupi nímu? Who cut your hair evenly all around your head? a. being cut straight across, not tapering. pina- v. make something cut straight across.

v. pair a boy and a girl off half jokingly. Kusug siyang mutúpù piru nagpabíling dága, She loves to match others off, but she herself stays single. Tupúa sila labun parisun, Match them up. They make such a good pair. tupùtúpù n. matching couples.