A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

someday it will be of some use. {4} [adj.] {4a} too
or more [adj.] than satisfactory. Ang sapátus dakù
ra kaáyu pára nákù, The shoes are too big for me.
{4b} with adjectives indicating the smaller, the easier,
cheaper, lesser of two opposites: only a (small,
light, short) very (easy, cheap, etc.). Kanang Tuway
gamay ra nang baryúha, Toway is just a small barrio.
A, sayun ra kaáyu, Oh, its so easy. {4b1} láin,
lahì very much different. Lahì ra ang ímung batásan
kay sa ákù, Your ways are very different from mine.
subra much too much. Subra ra ang ímung gihátag,
You gave much too much. {4b2} layù , walà very far
behind in, not anywhere near as good as. Ang inyung
balay layù ra sa ámù, Your house isnt anywhere
near as nice as ours. Walà ka ra sa kumingking itandì
nákù, Youre nothing compared to menot even up to
my little finger. {4c} sámuk leave me be. (Youre too
much of a nuisance.) Sámuk ra. Magtuun ku, Leave
me alone. I want to study. {4d} maáyu very nice.
Maáyu rang ipakung nang úlu mu sa bungbung, How
nice it would be to smash your head against the wall.
{5} with imperatives: particle taking the abruptness
out of a command but definitely a command given to
s.o. who doesnt have the right to refuse. Ambi ra
nang kutsilyu, Let me have that knife. {5a} ugud =
ra, 5, but with slightly less curtness. Kuháa ra gud
ri, Would you come get this, please. {5b} tan-áwa ,
gud can you beat that! Tan-áwa ra, siyay nangúna
siya pay nangísug, Take a look at that! He started
it and now he gets mad! {5c} gánì go on now and
do [so-and-so]. Lakaw ra ngánì kay dúru na nílang
paábut, Go on now. They have been waiting forever.
Ayaw ra gánì nag garùgarúa, Stop jiggling that. You
know you shouldnt. {6} yátì, yáwà, yátis I dont believe
it. Kadaug kas swipstik? Yátì ra! You won the
sweepstakes? I dont believe it. {6a} in accepting a
challenge: I dont believe you dare challenge me! Yátì
ra! Makigsumbagay ka nàkù? You mean to say you
dare challenge me to a fight? {7} ba {7a} particle with
a reason which is given as advice or warning. Higúpa
dáyun kay ínit pa ra ba, Eat it right away because its
still warm. Mangísug ra ba tug madúgay ka, He will
get angry if you take too long. {7b} ordinarily [so-andso]
would have been OK, but ... Sus, nía na ang mga
bisíta. Wà ra ba tay giandam, My! The visitors have
arrived and here we dont have anything to give them.
Dà, nag-uwan na hinúun. Wà ra ba kuy páyung, Darn!
Its raining, and I dont have an umbrella. {7c} particle
with an apology. Wà ra ba diri si Nánay, Im sorry,
Moms not here.
rabana = gwayabanu.
rabanit a {1} in rags, tatters. Kadtung bátà kanhi
nga rabanit, karun maáyu na nga mamisti, That child