Meaning of kubit

kubit

Cebuano

devour


kubit

Cebuano

v. 1. touch someone, curling the fingers to get his attention. Milíngì ku kay dihay ningkubit nákù, I turned around because someone poked me. 1a. turn to someone influential for help. Dúna ba tay makubit didtu sa kustums? Do we have anybody influential to help us out in the custom? 1b. steal something not of great value. Bantayi nà kay kubitun unyà nà, Keep an eye on it because someone might lift it. 1c. get a woman for illicit sex. Wà giyuy mukubit niánang tigulánga, No one wants to have an affair with that old woman; 2. take the bait. Kusug mukubit ang isdà ánang paúna, Fishes like to take that kind of bait; 2a. catch a fish by hook and line. Nakakubit ang mananagat ug íhu, The fisherman caught a shark. Gikubitan kug bugáung, I caught a jarbua; 2b. hook someone in marriage. Nakakubit siyag sapíang bálu, She hooked a rich widower; 2c. — ug way paun 2c1. confirm something bad the interlocutor suspects but doesn’t know for sure by assuming that he does know for sure and letting out something to confirm it. Wà tà ka hibaw-i, ningkubit ka sa tagà nga way paun. Nabistu na hinúun, I wouldn’t have known about you but you took the bait. Now I found out. 2c2. butt in in a conversation where one has no business or answer remarks intended for someone else. Dílì ikaw ang gisultíhan, ngánung mukubit ka man dihà nga way paun? I wasn’t talking to you. Why do you butt in when I wasn’t talking to you? n. fish caught with hook and line. (←) n. biting of fish. Hínay ang kúbit basta way súg, Fish don’t bite if there is no current.