Meaning of sángab

sángab

Cebuano

n. 1. swath or a long rectangular area designated as an area to be worked. Maggálab ta ug kúgun, kining sangába ákù, ang píkas ímu, We will cut down the cogon. This swath is mine and that one is yours. Sángab nga ági sa ílang panggúna, The swath that was left when they cut grass; 2. kind of fish trap of shallow waters with a broad mouth tapering towards the bottom, set in the path of the fish; a. right in the path; v. 1. 1. do something in swaths. Sangábun (sangában) nátù nag sanggì ug tagurha ka dupa, We will harvest it in swaths two fathoms wide; 2. put something right in the path. Nasángab sa íyang mata ang páa sa dalága nga atbang níyag lingkud, He couldn’t help seeing the thighs of the girl sitting directly across from him. Isángab nang sugung sa túbud, Put the mouth of the bamboo tube to the spring; 3. catch fish with a sángab fish trap.