List of Cebuano words starting with the letter T - Page 72

n. 1. target. Aku bay targit sa ímung insultu, Am I the target of your insult? 2. skill in throwing the knife; 3. bull’s eye hit. Syátir giyud ka kay targit man, You must be a sharpshooter because it’s a bull’s eye; 4. children’s game in which the object is to hook rubber bands which have been laid on the ground with an arrow projected by a rubber band; 4a. toy arrow made of coconut midribs used in a game of targit; 5. manner of shooting in basketball wherein the ball is made to go straight into the basket instead of describing an arc; v. 1. hit the target. Makatargit ku ánang láta, I can hit that can; 2. hit by throwing a knife. Ayaw siyag pusila. Targíta lang, Don’t gun him down. Just hit him with a knife; 3. play targit; 4. make a targit shot in basketball; 5. have someone for sexual intercourse. — praktis n. target practice; v. have target practice. targittargit see targit, n4.

v. deduct tare weight. Ang Insik mitarhag singku kílus sa usa ka sákung kupras kay basà, The Chinese deducted five kilos from the total weight of the sack of copra to make up for its being wet; n. tare weight deducted.

n. card

n. card, tag; v. put a tag on something Tarhitái ang pákids arun dì mawā̂, Put a tag on the package so it won’t get lost.

v. 1. enter, fight a cock in a cockfight with gaffs. Tarían ku nang ugis mu sa ákung pula, I’ll pit my red cock against your white one; 1a. have, hold a cockfight. Magtárì rung Birnis, There will be a cockfight this Friday; 2. tie the gaff on the cock’s leg. Hapini ang tiil únà taríi, Pad the leg before tying the gaff on it. (→) n. gaff. Naunay ka sa kaugalíngun nímung tarì kay ang ímu hinúung irù ang nahílu imbis ang sa silíngan, You fell into your own trap (lit. got cut with your own gaff) when your dog was poisoned instead of your neighbor’s. pa- v. be in a fighting mood or shape (lit. wants to be made to fight). paN- v. go to the cockfights. Kuháa ang hiniktan kay manárì ku, Get the cock, I am going to the cockfights; n. cockfighting. ig-r-/l- n. cock for fighting. maN-r-(→) n. cockfighting enthusiast. -un(→) a. a perfect match, ideal for pairing off in marriage. Ikaw duktur ug siya nars; tariun giyud mu kaáyu, You’re a doctor and she’s a nurse; you are a perfect match.

n. 1. outrigger boom, the poles to which the floats are attached; 2. penis (slang); v. put, make into an outrigger boom.

see turíkì.

n. 1. movable platform on which cargo is placed in loading or unloading a ship; 2. vending stall, stand. Dúnay napúlù ka taríma sa isdaan, There are ten stalls in the fish section of the market; v. 1. make into, put up a movable platform; 2. make, put up a vending stall. Gitarimáhan na ang bag-ung tabuan, Stalls have already been installed in the new marketplace.

a. flirt. Dalì nang bayhána paangkan kay taringtaring, That girl will surely get pregnant because she is a flirt; v. flirt; be a flirt. Kusug siyang mutaringtaring sa mga laláki maung daghang uyab, She flirts a lot. That is why she has lots of boys interested in her.

n. customs duties.

n. a guide for the cue in billiards on which the cue is laid when one has to shoot a ball which is too far from the edge of the table for the hand to prop the cue.

n. assignment, allotment of work; v. assign a piece of work to someone Si Tatay nagtaríya nákug kawus, Father gave me the chore of fetching water. Gaan ang itaríya sa luyahun, Assign an easy job to weak persons.

build

adj. downright

adj. statuesque

proper

rectify

straighten

logic

name: Tarzan. -in- v. act like Tarzan: climb and jump in a risky way. Ayawg tinarsan dihà kay mahúlug ka, Stop playing Tarzan. You might fall.