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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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scan an area to look for s.t. Minánaw siya sa dágat<br />

pamásin nga dúnay mga isdà, He scanned the sea in<br />

hopes <strong>of</strong> finding fish.<br />

nánay n mother. Háin man si Nánay mu? Where is<br />

your mother? v {1} [A; a12] call s.o. mother. Nanáyun<br />

lang ka nákù kay sáma ka sa inahan nákù, Ill call you<br />

Mother because you are like a mother to me. {2}<br />

[B1256] become a mother. () voc. short form: nay.<br />

nang see manang.<br />

nangkà n jackfruit, a medium-sized tree cultivated for<br />

its large spiny fruit, which may reach 70 lbs. and is<br />

eaten unripe cooked and raw when ripe. The seeds<br />

are eaten as a vegetable, roasted or boiled: Artocarpus<br />

heterophyllus. nahulugan ug for a face to have<br />

smallpox scars (lit. a jackfruit fell on it). v [A13; b6]<br />

cook s.t. with unripe jackfruit. Nangkaan nátù ning<br />

bulad, Lets cook the dried fish with jackfruit.<br />

nangnang v [B] be badly infected and festering (more<br />

severe infection than ngasngas). Ug magbulad ka, munangnang<br />

(manangnang) giyud nang hubag mu, If you<br />

keep staying in the sun your inflammation will worsen<br />

and fester.<br />

nanhi = nganhi (dialectal).<br />

naniw = laniw.<br />

nánu_1 = ngánu, unsa (dialectal).<br />

nánu_2 n = nána (male).<br />

nánuy a s<strong>of</strong>t and sweet, melodious. Nánuy nga sunáta<br />

sa tipanu, The s<strong>of</strong>t and sweet melody <strong>of</strong> the flute.<br />

napkin n sanitary napkin, table napkin. v [A1; a] use<br />

a sanitary or table napkin.<br />

napta n horoscope.<br />

naptalína n naphthalene. v [b6] put naphthalene.<br />

napù n fertile, flat land.<br />

napúlù = púlù.<br />

nára = nága.<br />

naranghíta n a variety <strong>of</strong> small orange.<br />

narkutiku n narcotic.<br />

nars n nurse. v [B156] become, work as a nurse. Adtu<br />

ku magnars sa kabukíran diin way mga duktr, Ill work<br />

as a nurse in a rural place where there are no doctors.<br />

-is n nurses (plural). -ing n nursing course.<br />

nasiyunalismu n nationalism.<br />

nasiyunalista n name <strong>of</strong> a political party, or a member<br />

there<strong>of</strong>. v [B156] become a Nacionalista.

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