Meaning of sulay

effort

experience

trial

try

undertake

v. attempt

v. 1. try doing something Sulayan ta ug paandar ang makina, Let us try starting the engine. Isulay ring sapatúsa ug maarang ba, Try putting these shoes on to see if they fit; 1a. put something to a test. Ang Diyus dílì musulay nátù labaw sa átung maantus, God doesn’t try us beyond what we can bear. Gisulayan ta lang kag kahibáwu ba giyud ka, I was only testing you whether you really were good at it. 2. get something distasteful, e.g. a beating. Hala, balía lang nà arun masulay kang pápa mu, Go ahead and break that so you can get hell from your father; n. 1. try. Sulay lang tung ákù ug mahímù ba giyud, I just tried it out to see if I could really do it. 2. expression challenging someone in a taunting way to see if he has the guts to do something bad for him or try to prevent him from doing it. Mukáun giyud ka íni? Suway man ug magkalíbang, You sure you want to eat it? Watch if it doesn’t give you diarrhea. (←) v. have it out, clear a matter of contention with a fight. Suláyun nátù ug kinsay ísug nátung duha, Let’s have it out to see which of us has guts. paN- v. 1. tempt someone to do something he won’t ordinarily have done. Dì tà ku mupalit ánà apan nanulay siya nákù pagpalit ug usa lang, I would not have bought it, but he tempted me to buy one; 2. be possessed of a devil. Gipanulayan nà siya dihang patábug na siya ug pamusil sa mga táwu, He must have been possessed of a devil to shoot indiscriminately at the people; 3. get a dose of disciplinary action. Panulayun ta ka nyà ug ímu nang daútun, I’ll give you hell if you break that; n. devil. Ug luwasa kami sa mga panulay amin. And deliver us from evil. Amen. pag- n. 1. trial of one’s virtue. Kining mga hitabúa mga pagsulay lang sa átung pagsálig sa Diyus, These events are but trials of our faith in God; 2. experiment, testing out of something maN-r-(←) n. 1. see paN-; 2. a person who tempts someone into doing something bad.

v. brace, prop something standing to prevent it from collapsing. Suláyun nátù ang ságing arun dílì matumba sa kabug-at sa íyang búnga, Let’s brace this banana tree before it falls from the weight of its bananas; n. brace, prop placed against something vertical.