Cebuano
v. 1. take in something by swallowing. Maglamuy kug tablítas pára katúlug, I’ll take some sleeping pills. Gilamuy si Hunas sa balyína, Jonah was swallowed by a whale; 1a. eat greedily or gluttonously (coarse). À, milakaw man lang dáyun human makalamuy, After he gorged himself, he immediately left the party; 1b. — sa bakunáwa ang búwan for there to be a lunar eclipse (for the moon to have been swallowed by the bakunáwa). 2. swallow words or feelings. Milamuy ka lang dáyun sa íyang gisulti, You swallowed his story, hook, line, and sinker. Gilamuy ku ang ákung kasukù arun way masilù, I just swallowed my anger so that nobody would have hard feelings; 3. swallowed up in a figurative sense. Galastúhan nga milamuy sa ílang tinipígan, The expenses which swallowed up their savings. Gilamuy siya sa kangitngit, He was swallowed by the darkness; n. food consumption. Ang ámung mutsatsu dakug lamuy, Our servant eats too much. walay — poor as a church mouse (deprecatory). -in-an n. manner of eating.