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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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áha_1 n the rajahs <strong>of</strong> pre-Spanish Filipinos.<br />

ráha_2 n wood cut from freshly cut ipil-ipil (byatilis)<br />

or mangrove (bakhaw) trees, peeled and dried for firewood.<br />

v [A; a] cut and sell mangrove or ipil-ipil commercially.<br />

rak-an rúl n rock and roll. v {1} [A2C; c6] dance<br />

the rock and roll. {2} [A13] for the stomach to be<br />

rumbling from indigestion. Nagrak-an rúl ang ákung<br />

tiyan tungud sa sagulságul nga pagkáun, My stomach<br />

is doing the rock and roll from all the things I ate.<br />

rak-in rúl = rak-an rúl.<br />

rákit_1 n racket for tennis, pingpong, and the like. v<br />

[A12; a12] have, make into a racket.<br />

rákit_2 n rocket ships or bombs.<br />

rákit_3 n racket, fraudulent means <strong>of</strong> obtaining<br />

money. Rákit lang giyud nang kapunúngan. Pangwarta<br />

lang, Their organization is just a racket to get<br />

money. v [c16] dishonestly take money entrusted to<br />

one. Girákit lang ang ámung ámut, The man just<br />

pocketed our contribution.<br />

rakrak v [A; b(1)] {1} fire bullets rapidly in bursts.<br />

Balay nga girakrakan, A house riddled with bullets.<br />

{2} in billiards, hit the target ball forcefully so as to<br />

scatter the balls that surround it with the hope that<br />

one or two <strong>of</strong> these balls will go into any <strong>of</strong> the holes.<br />

n bursts <strong>of</strong> rapid rifle fire.<br />

rám n rum. v [A13; b6] have rum.<br />

ráma v [A; b] set flowers on a palm leaf as decorations.<br />

Nagráma mig búwak sa kapilya, We set some flowers<br />

on palm leaves in the chapel.<br />

rambul_1 n {1} rumble, free-for-all fist fight. {2} in<br />

Jai-alai, betting on the first three players out <strong>of</strong> a series<br />

such that whatever order they are in, the bet winse.g.<br />

if one bets that players 3, 6, and {2} are the first, second,<br />

and third place, his bet wins as long as this is so,<br />

no matter which one was first, which was second, and<br />

which was third. v [A2C; a12] engage in a rumble. Ang<br />

ílang punduk mauy mirambul sa nangharána, It was<br />

their group which engaged the serenaders in a brawl.<br />

Nagrambul ang magtiáyun, The husband and wife had<br />

a brawl.<br />

rambul_2 v [AC; c1] take a ride with s.o. on his bicycle<br />

or motorcycle. Magrambul lang tas ímung bisiklíta,<br />

Let us just ride double on your bicycle. Irambul<br />

(rambúla) ning tutú ka bátà dihas ímung mutur, Take<br />

these children on your motorcycle.<br />

rami_1 n shrub cultivated for its fiber, which is made<br />

into blankets, cloth, and string. Rami cloth is coarse,<br />

but very sturdy: Boehmeria nivea.

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