List of Cebuano words starting with the letter Y - Page 10

n. frost

n. snow

yellow

icy

a shout of jubilation. Yíba! Magparti diay mi, Hurray! We are going to hold a party.

see yír bar.

n. exclamation of joy.

n. ice; v. 1. be, become ice. Muyílu (mayílu) ang túbig kun ibutangs prísir, The water will become ice if you put it in the freezer; 2. make ice. Dalì rang muyílu átung pridyidir, Our refrigerator makes ice fast; 3. put ice on something Nagyílu kus mga isdà arun dílì muransiyu, I am putting ice on the fish so they won’t spoil. litsi kun — n. a sweet made of shaved ice mixed with milk and sugar; v. have, make such a sweet.

n. yellow in color; v. be, become yellow. Madugáyan muyílu (mayílu) ang papil, After a time the paper will yellow. yiluhun a. yellowish.

see kampanilya.

expression of jubilation.

n. year bar, a piece of metal fastened above the right pocket on the uniform of an ROTC trainee, indicating which year a student is; v. use, wear a year bar.

see hirbubuyna.

a. well-advanced in years, esp. said of a single woman (humorous). Bísag yirs-uld basta mayrun, pangasaw-a lang, She may be old, but she’s rich, so marry her; v. be well-advanced in years. Anus-a ka pa magminyù? Unyà nag mayirs-uld? When are you going to get married? When you are too far along in years?

n. iron, steel. káha di- n. steel safe.

n. yeast. Ang yist pára patúbù sa pan, Yeast is a leavening agent for bread.

yogurt

short for iyù.

a. having a protuberant belly and having a lower back curved forward. Kasagáran sa mga mabdus yuad, Most pregnant women have big stomachs and a lower back curved forward; v. walk with the stomach sticking out forward.

abhor