Meaning of líug

líug

Cebuano

n. neck. Butilyang taas ug líug, A bottle with a long neck. (→) v. 1. hit in the neck. Liugun níya ug pusil ang liyun, He will shoot the lion in the neck; 2. — sa bitik ni San Markus v. be hooked into marriage (lit. be caught in the neck by the noose of St. Mark). Ígù lang kung migraduwar, naliug dáyun ku sa bitik ni San Markus, As soon as I graduated I got married. paN- v. get thick at the neck. Nanglíug siyag maáyu, mu rag bábuy, He’s got lots of fat around the neck like a pig. panghi-(→) v. for a young bull to become fully mature, as shown by an enlargement of the neck. Manungag ra ba nang turíyu nga manghiliug, That young bull will gore you now that he’s getting mature. paN-(→) n. in plowing with a water buffalo, a rope tied from one end of the yoke to the other, passing under the animal’s neck, the purpose of which is to prevent the yoke from slipping off. taga-(→) a. up to the neck. Tagaliug ku sa mga útang, I’m up to my neck in debt; v. get to be up to the neck.