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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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máping_1 = mápa, v1.<br />

mapunti = malapunti.<br />

Mar. n abbreviation for Marsu March.<br />

marabal a person or animal that has grown very large.<br />

Kadakung marabal sa ilipanti, What a giant that elephant<br />

is! Kadakung marabal ning batáa, What a giant<br />

this child has gotten to be.<br />

marabilyas n a k.o. ornamental bush <strong>of</strong>ten called alas<br />

kwatru because its flowers open at around four oclock<br />

in the afternoon: Mirabilis jalapa.<br />

marabya = murabya.<br />

maragábit n k.o. rice suitable for planting in uplands<br />

or in paddies.<br />

maragáti n k.o. fishing whereby a line with several<br />

hooks baited only with decoys is dragged behind a<br />

boat.<br />

marákas n maracas. v [A3; a] play the maracas, make<br />

into maracas.<br />

maral n k.o. carnivorous civet, dark gray in color,<br />

having a very <strong>of</strong>fensive odor.<br />

máram = márang.<br />

maramà, marámà a tough, roughneck. Ang marámà<br />

nga táwu ísug ug walay gikahadlúkan, A tough guy is<br />

rough and is not afraid <strong>of</strong> anyone. v [B12] be tough<br />

and bad.<br />

Maranaw n Lanao Muslims.<br />

marang = malasugi.<br />

márang n k.o. large fruit tree, bearing fruit similar to<br />

the jackfruit (nangkà), but smaller and sweeter. Not<br />

commonly cultivated except in Mindanao: Artocarpus<br />

odoratissima.<br />

marapíta n variety <strong>of</strong> banana with thick green peelings,<br />

20 cm. long and {5} cm. wide coming to what looks<br />

like a nipple at the end, eaten cooked.<br />

maratun n {1} marathon race. {2} any long-distance<br />

or endurance contest. v [C2; c1] hold a marathon,<br />

compete in a marathon.<br />

marbas n k.o. half-woody herb <strong>of</strong> waste places, with<br />

numerous medicinal uses: Abutilon indicum.<br />

margarin, margarína n margarine. v [A; b] put margarine<br />

on s.t.<br />

margáti n system <strong>of</strong> planting rice which has increased<br />

the yield, whereby the bed is more carefully prepared<br />

and the seedlings planted further apart than is traditionally<br />

done.

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