A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

mantil n tablecloth. v {1} [A; b] put, use a tablecloth.
{2} [a12] make into a tablecloth.
mantilya n veil used to cover a womans head in church.
v {1} [A; b] wear a veil. {2} [a12] make into a veil.
mantilyína n head covering for wearing inside a church.
v [A; c] wear a head covering in church.
mantinil, mantinir v [A3; c] make do with, content oneself
with s.t. less than the best. Magmantinil lang tag
amútig way bugas, Well make do with sweet potatoes
if theres no rice. Nagmantinil lang siyag pangarga, He
just took a temporary job as a stevedore. Mantiniri
(mantinihi) lag kawáyan pára halígi ang balay, Just
use bamboo for the meantime as a post for the house.
-in- a of makeshift or second choice sort.
mantiw a tall and lanky. v [B; b6] be, become, make
lanky.
mantiyának n supernatural being which preys on newborn
infants. It drinks the blood from childbirth and
tries to get at the newborn babys liver. If the baby
dies, he drinks the mothers milk without her knowledge
and kills her thereby. It is pictured the size of
a baby, with horns and fangs, with long pointed ears,
dirty brown in color and angular in features. It has
the ability to walk, change its appearance, and make
itself invisible.
mantsa = mansa.
mantsinítas = mansanítas.
mantsúsu a easily soiled or stained. Mantsúsu kaáyu
ang putì nga bistídu, White clothing gets soiled easily.
v [A3P; b6] be, become easily soiled.
mánu_1 v [AC2; a] in ball games, play off one with
another to determine who plays first or whose play
it is. Átung manúhun ug kinsay mayur, Ill play it
off with you to see who starts the game. n act of
determining the order of who plays first. manuhan n
a line from which s.t. is tossed to determine who is
first.
mánu_2 n title of address for a male older than the
speaker. v [A; a12] call s.o. mánu.
mánu_3 n hand of dried tobacco leaves containing 100
leaves. v [A; a12] bind tobacco leaves into hands.
mánu_4 = ngánu.
mánu_5 see dimánu, armas di-, bula di-, buyna , sigunda
. manumánu v [AC2; c1] do s.t. by human
strength, hands alone. Manumanúhun (imanumánu)
lang ni nátug bira ang awtu, Lets just push this car by
hand. n fight with the hands.
manúbig (from túbig) n k.o. crab of swamps and rivers