Meaning of balun

balun

Cebuano

(not without l) n. 1. balloon; 2. wide bicycle tire of American type bicycles. — tayir see balun, 2.


balun

Cebuano

n. pad of paper.


bálun

Cebuano

n. food, money to take along on a trip. Ma, ambi na ang bálun, bi, Mom, can I have my spending money for school? v. 1. take along food or money. Mubálun ku sa trabáhu, I bring my lunch to work; 2. harbor emotions. Balúnun ku sa lubngánan ang átung gugma, I’ll carry our love to the grave. pa- v. 1. give something to someone to take along; 2. give something in addition to something else which was already sufficient. Humag sagpà gipabalúnan pag kasábà, Not only was he slapped, he was administered a sound scolding as well; n. 1. thing given to someone who leaves, or to a retiring employee. Ang pabálun sa tigúlang bayinti mil písus, The old man was given twenty thousand pesos as retirement pay; 2. prayer said for the soul of the dead on the night of the day of burial; 3. food brought by the Chinese to the cemetery at funerals or on special days for the use of the departed soul. balunbálun see pa-an. -anan(→), -anan n. lunch box, picnic basket. r-an, pa-an, -anan(→) n. 1. sides of the monkey’s mouth where food to be chewed later is stored, crop of fowls; 2. stomach (slang). balunbalúnan n. Adam’s apple.