Meaning of kudlit

kudlit

Cebuano

v. 1. make a scratch, pinprick, or line on something Kasingkásing nga gikudlit sa buktun, papil, káhuy, A heart tattooed on the arm, drawn on the paper, carved into the tree. Gikudlítan sa duktur ang hubag, The doctor made an incision in the boil; 1a. vaccinate. Nía na ang nars nga mukudlit sa mga bátà, Here is the nurse to vaccinate (lit. prick) the children; 1b. change the palm configuration of a child that has the mark of a crocodile on his palm (buayáhun) which betokens ill. Kinahanglang kudlítan ang buayáhun arun kabuhíag anak, A child that bears the mark of the crocodile on his palm should have it extended so his parents will not have all their children die on them; 2. write something (literary). Bálak nga gikudlit sa íyang dágang, The poem that his pen produced; n. lines, scratches, pinpricks. — sa pálad 1. lines in the palm; 2. one’s fate or fortune as indicated by the palm. pa- v. have oneself inoculated or have the lines on the palm extended. -anan n. person to be inoculated, place to be punctured, surface to be written on. -in- n. marks made. mag-r- n. one who inoculates or tattoos.