A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

tupiku n topic. Pirmi lang pulitiku ang tupiku nga
ílang hisgútan, Politics is always the topic of their conversation.
tupit v [B; c16] speak with mispronunciations from
speech defects, similar to lisping in English, but with
a substitution of s for t. (The tongue is said to
stick to the roof of the mouth.) Nagtupit ang dílà
sa nagdiskursu tungud sa nirbiyus, The man who was
giving a speech was so nervous he started to lisp.
tuplak v [A; c6] {1} push s.o. or s.t. away. Gituplak sa
bátà ang básu sa bintánà, The child pushed the glass
out of the window. {2} push a cock toward another to
induce the second cock to fight. Ituplak ning sunúya sa
usa arun masakmalan tung usa inig-áway níla, Shove
this cock toward the other one so that I can grab it
when they fight.
tuplas = pantuplas.
tupluk_1 a mischievous, full of pranks. Gibutangag
íhì sa tupluk dakù ang pláwir bís ni Mám, The
prankster put urine in the teachers vase. v [B12; b6]
be, become mischievous.
tupluk_2 = tulpuk (but not doubled).
tuptup v [A; a] {1} cut s.t. from its base or stem. Tuptúpa
ang pakù kay dì nà iapil paglútù, Cut the wings
off. Dont include them with what you are cooking.
{1a} cut s.t. with long strokes at the base. {2} cut
s.t. straight across, not tapering. Kinsay nagtuptup
ug tupi nímu? Who cut your hair evenly all around
your head? a being cut straight across, not tapering.
pina- v [A; c] make s.t. cut straight across.
túpù v [A; ac6] pair a boy and a girl off half jokingly.
Kusug siyang mutúpù piru nagpabíling dága, She loves
to match others off, but she herself stays single. Tupúa
sila labun parisun, Match them up. They make such
a good pair. tupùtúpù n matching couples.
túpuk = tulpuk. () n {1} hole in the ear for earrings.
{2} holes in an animals ears through which a rope is
passed.
túpung a {1} of the same height, even along the top
or bottom. Túpung ang íyang mga ngípun, Her teeth
are all of the same height. {2} reaching an equally
high state of excellence. Si Magsaysay walay túpung,
No one is as great as Magsaysay. v {1} [A23S; a2b2]
reach to a certain height or level. Ang ákung kalágut
mitúpung na sa lángit, My anger reaches the heavens.
{2} [A; a] make things even. Tupúnga ang tiil sa silya
arun dì magkindangkindang, Even up the chair legs so
it wont wobble back and forth. Dílì na siya hitupngan
sa pagkapalikíru, No one is as great a philanderer as
he is. {3} [C; a] be of the same height. Nagtúpung