A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

you going to go back to sleep again when its morning
already? {2} [B12; b6] be dark, be getting dark (said
in anger). Nagkapisluk na núun mau pay ipangáhuy!
Why do you wait until it begins to get dark to look
for firewood!
pislun n a brand of strong synthetic thread used in line
fishing and in weaving into fishing nets.
pislung n dent, a slight depression, small hollow. a
dented. Pislung ug ilung, Having a flat nose. v
[AB126; a1] dent s.t. on the surface. Kinsay nagpislung
sa takurì? Who dented the kettle?
pislut = pidlasut.
pismil n fish meal, ground dried fish used as feed for
poultry. v [A1; a12] make fish meal.
pisngà, pisngag, pisngi, pisngì, pisngig mild cuss word
expressing disgust (euphemism for pisti). Pisngì! Ngánung
nalimtan man nákug dala, Darn! Why did I forget
to bring it?
pisngù = pislangù.
pispan n fishpond. Kasagáran sa pansat gíkan sa pispan,
Most prawns come from the fishpond. v [A; a12]
make a fishpond. Magpispan ku sa may katunggan, Ill
make a fishpond near the mangrove swamps. Pispánun
níya ang swíming pul, He will convert the swimming
pool into a fishpond.
pispis n k.o. green tree insect that makes a shrill sound
at night (so called from its sound). It is believed that
a pispis in the house is the voice of a departed one who
has come to ask for help in the form of prayers for his
salvation. aN-r- = pispis.
pista n {1} feast in honor of a patron saint. upisiyal
public holiday. sa simbahan church holiday. {2} expression
meaning your slip is showing (humorousfrom
the notion that people hang out curtains during fiesta
and another way of calling a womans attention that
her slip is showing is to use pangurtína which literally
means, hang out curtains). v {1} [A1; b(1)] hold or
celebrate a feast day. Magpista mi sa tris di Máyu, We
hold our celebration on the third of May. {1a} [A13] sa
inyu your slip is showing (theyre celebrating the feast
day in your place). {2} [A13] it would be a miracle
if (such-and-such an unlikely thing) were to happen.
Magpista ug muanhi pa tu siya, It would be a miracle
if he ever were to come here. Magpista ug sugtun
ka ni Maríya, It would be a miracle if Maria were to
accept you. paN- v [A2; c] attend the celebration of a
feast day. Nakapamista sila sa pista sa Santu Ninyu,
They attended the celebration of the feast of the Holy
Child. ikapaN- presentable, look good enough to take
to a fiesta. Bubintahag nawung ang bána ni Nilya,