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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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due to haste in speaking or due to the difficulty <strong>of</strong><br />

pronouncing the word.<br />

pakgang_1 v [A; a12] stop s.t. short. Way nakapakgang<br />

sa íyang batásan nga laksut, No one has put a<br />

stop to his ugly ways. Gipakgang ku ang íyang pamakak,<br />

I put a stop to his lies.<br />

pakgang_2 n {1} dried sugar cane leaves. {2} frond<br />

<strong>of</strong> a buri palm.<br />

pakgut_1 (from gákut) v [A; c] tie s.t. tightly around<br />

several things or over an opening so that nothing can<br />

budge. Pakgúti ug maáyu ang kináhuy, Tie the firewood<br />

together securely. n s.t. to tie around. Ang<br />

uway maáyung pakgut sa kartun, Rattan is good for<br />

tying around boxes.<br />

pakgut_2 v {1} [A; ab7] cut, slice with a sickle.<br />

Pakgútan sa manananggut ang buluk káda buntag,<br />

The toddy gatherer slices a piece <strong>of</strong>f the young coconut<br />

blossom every morning. {2} [A; a] strip an abaca trunk<br />

into fibers. Ayaw pakgúta kanang abaka nga butung<br />

pa ang tugdan, Dont strip an abaca plant with a young<br />

stem. n action <strong>of</strong> cutting.<br />

pakha n Chinese woman whose feet have been bound<br />

from birth to make them tiny.<br />

paki- prefix added to nouns to form adjectives meaning<br />

extremely fond <strong>of</strong> [noun]. Paki Núra giyud ning mga<br />

batan-un run, The youngsters these days are very fond<br />

<strong>of</strong> Nora Aunor. Pakiayiskrim, Very fond <strong>of</strong> ice cream.<br />

páki, pakì_1 n {1} a bar made <strong>of</strong> bamboo or other<br />

light wood put between the upper and lower sail in<br />

two- or more-piece sails. {2} the lower sail in a twoor<br />

more-piece sail, which is rolled up when the skipper<br />

wishes to reduce the amount <strong>of</strong> wind which can hit the<br />

sail. v [A; ac1] {1} roll up the lower sails. {2} make<br />

or attach a páki bar or lower sail.<br />

pakì_2 a {1} stiff. Pakì ra ning sinináa pagkaarmirul,<br />

This shirt has been starched too stiff. {2} recently<br />

dead, stiff. Pakì na siya pag-abut nákù, He was dead<br />

when I arrived. v [ABN; c1] {1} be stiff, cause s.t. to<br />

become stiff. Namakì ang karni nga gisulud sa prísir,<br />

The meat in the freezer became stiff. {2} be dead.<br />

pakíbut v [c16] send letters by the paquebot mail service,<br />

formerly provided by the Post Office, whereby a<br />

mailbox was placed on a boat in which letters destined<br />

for the port <strong>of</strong> call or interior ports are placed.<br />

pákids n package, esp. sent by mail.<br />

pakig-() (see makig- for illustrations <strong>of</strong> the tense forms<br />

<strong>of</strong> the active voice.) Derivational verb forming affix,<br />

added to almost all roots which refer to an action and<br />

also to bases with -ay, (-anay) to form verbs which

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