A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

mal n {1} in billiards, a false shot causing one to lose
his turn. {2} unlucky number. Daghang mahadluk sa
numiru trísi kay mal kunu, Lots of people are afraid of
thirteen because it is said to be an unlucky number.
v [B126] make a bad shot. Mamal kag láin ang maigù
sa bulamánu, You lose your turn if you hit the wrong
ball. numiru = mal, n2. tiráda n in billiards, a shot
that is not well executed. Mal tiráda tung ímu kay
layù ra kaáyu sa lungag ang ímung gitiráhan, That
was a bad shot. The target ball was a mile from the
pocket.
mala a {1} dry, not wet. Mala na ang mga hinayhay,
The clothes that were hung up are dry now. {2} not
displaying lively attention, disinterested. Tingálig dì
siya muapil kay mala siya ug tinubagan, He probably
wont participate because he gave a disinterested
answer. v {1} [APB; a2] dry up, become dried. Mimala
ang mga sapà, The rivers dried up. Ang kaínit
sa adlaw mauy mumala (mupamala) sa mga basakan,
The heat of the sun will dry the rice fields up. Nagúsik
lang sa panahun ang nagmala (nagpamala) íning
salúga, Whoever dried this floor off was just wasting
his time. Tiil nga makamalag (makapamalag)
basakan, Big feet (lit. that can dry up a rice paddy).
Namad-an ug singut ang íyang bukubuku, The sweat
on his back has dried up. {2} [A13] be uninteresting,
boring. Wà ku mutiwas sa sini kay nagmala lang, I
did not see the movie to the end because it was boring.
{2a} [b4] sa dugù become pale. Pagpangutána sa
pulis, gimad-an sa dugù ang nawung sa dalága, The
ladys face became pale when the policeman questioned
her. ma- n land. Ang ubang bakì nagpuyù sa túbig,
ug ang uban sa mamala, Some frogs live in water and
some on land. tilapya sa ma- n prostitute (humorous).
kamad-an n upland rice field.
malabagákay n k.o. rattan used in house building.
malabanu = gwayabanu.
malabutang n k.o. rattan used in construction.
malagaya n k.o. white-husked rice with very small,
roundish, white grains, used in preparation of medicinal
rice cakes or mixed with medicinal plants in poultices.
Malakanyan, Malakanyang n Malacañang, the Philippine
Presidential
Palace.
mal-am a {1} old in age. {2} grown up, but not doing
things befitting ones age (derogatory). Mal-am na,
lubut gihápuy ilingkud, He is already grown but he
hasnt got anything upstairs (lit. all he does with his
buttocks is sit on thema readily understood circumlocution
which avoids stating outright a hurtful truth).