List of Cebuano words starting with the letter U - Page 24

son-in-law

n. daughter-in-law

n. son-in-law

n. mother hen.

son-in-law

farm

adj. forthcoming

adj. imminent

n. 1. hermit crab. — sus-an hermit crab in a shell having a barnacle, used as a medicine for mothers with a swelling breast; 2. kámang daw — see kámang, v1a. v. 1. gather hermit crabs for bait; 2. use, wear something belonging to someone else.

snail

see amapúlun.

see ari.

v. go over a series of events or genealogies to recall them. Miúmat siya sa íyang kaági sa gúbat, He related his experiences during the war. Manag-ágaw diay kami kay nagkaúmat man mi sa ámung mga kagíkan, We are cousins, as it turned out, when we traced our ancestral tree.

a. having lost its fertility; v. for soil to lose fertility. Magkaumaw ang uma nga pirming tamnan unyà way uabúnu, Lands that are always planted without getting fertilized become barren.

v. make funny imitations of how someone does something Nasukù si Tsiding kay giumay-úmay (giumay-umáyan) ni Kuring ang íyang sinultihan, Cheding got sore because Coring mimicked her manner of talking. -an(→) a. fond of teasing by imitating.

v. howl, bellow loudly. Nag-umbangul siya sa kasakit, She bellowed with pain.

v. 1. overlook, tower over. Ang ílang balay nag-umbaw sa kasilingánan, Their house towers over the neighborhood; 2. look down from a height over the edge of something Nag-umbaw siya sa pangpang, He was looking down over the edge of the cliff. Umbáwa ang mga bátà sa búngun, Look out of the window and see what the children are doing.

see ambihas.

v. 1. wallow, roll in something that sticks. Iúmid (umíra) ang ságing sa asúkar, Roll the bananas in sugar; 2. be needlessly implicated in something bad. Naúmid ku sa kasábà bisan ug wà kuy salà, I was included in the scolding even though I hadn’t done anything.

v. 1. for something designed to burn to be slightly moist. Ang libintadur nga muumidu (maumidu) dì na mubutu, A firecracker that gets moist won’t explode; 2. for a wound or sore that appears healed on the surface to fester or generate pus underneath. Giabríhan pag-usab ang íyang upirasiyun kay nag-umidu sa ilawum, Her operation was reopened because it was festering inside; 2a. for an emotion to fester in one’s heart (literary). Pagdumut nga nag-umidu sa dughan, Hatred that rankles in the breast; a. 1. moist and not burning well; 2. festering.