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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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sigking = sikging.<br />

sigkit = síkit.<br />

siglu n century. Sa Siglu Katursi, In the Fourteenth<br />

Century.<br />

sigmit v [A; ab2] {1} seize by the arms or legs, usually<br />

in a stealthy manner. Nakasigmit kug manuk, I managed<br />

to catch a chicken by the legs. Misáwum siya ug<br />

gisigmit ang tiil sa dalága, He swam under the water<br />

and seized the womans legs. {2} arrest s.o. wanted<br />

by the law. Mga sikríta mauy nagsigmit sa isnatsir,<br />

Plainclothesmen nabbed the snatcher.<br />

sigmuk_1 v [AN; a12] swipe or lift things <strong>of</strong> small<br />

value. Dúnay nagsigmuk sa ákung bulpin, S.o. swiped<br />

my ballpoint pen.<br />

sigmuk_2 v [A123P; a4] crave for food that one has<br />

not eaten for a long time. Gisigmuk na kug kinílaw<br />

tangígi, I crave for raw Spanish mackerel.<br />

signal n signal. v [A; b6(1)] give a signal. Signáli ku<br />

sa busína, Blow your horn as a signal to me.<br />

signit = sigmit.<br />

signus n {1} in folk belief, the preordained agent<br />

through which one meets his death as revealed by<br />

fortune-telling. Pagkalúnud sa barku wà siya mamatay<br />

kay kaláyu may íyang signus, When the boat sunk he<br />

didnt die because his fate was to die by fire. {2} =<br />

agnus. v [A12; b8] be saved from unexpected death<br />

because it is not ones signus to die that way.<br />

sigpat v [b8] get a glance stolen at one. Nasigpatan ku<br />

siya nga nangupya sa iksámin, I glanced at him copying<br />

during the test. pa-v [A; b6] steal a glance. Ayaw<br />

ug pasigpati ang babáyi kay masakpan ka, Dont steal<br />

glances at the woman because you might get caught.<br />

sigpaw n a small dip net around 46 in diameter with<br />

a handle used for scooping up wrigglers, small bait,<br />

butterflies. v [AN2; a12] gather, scoop up with this<br />

k.o. net.<br />

sigpit (from sipit) a narrow, not affording easy passage.<br />

Sigpit kaáyu ang mga kalyi sa ámung lungsud, The<br />

streets in my town are very narrow. v [B125; b6] be,<br />

become narrow.<br />

sigsag a zigzagging, winding road or course. Sigsag<br />

kaáyu ang karsáda paingun sa búkid, The road into the<br />

mountains is zigzag. n zigzag stitches; fancy stitches<br />

made at the edge <strong>of</strong> cloth to keep it from getting unravelled.<br />

v {1} [A; a12] run a zigzag course. Nagsigsag<br />

ku ug dágan sa dihang gitirúhan ku, I ran in a zigzag<br />

course when they shot at me. {2} [A; c1] make zigzag<br />

stitching. nga makina n a k.o. sewing machine that

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