A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

n helper, assistant.
uksináda = uksihináda. agwa = uksihináda.
uksirbr = ubsirbr.
uksu n acronym for OXO, a gang of Visayan hoodlums
in Manila.
Ukt. abbreviation for Uktubri October.
uktába_1 v [AP; c16] postpone, put off to a later date.
Wà nay lugar nga uktabáhun (iuktába) pa ang inyung
kasal, Theres no more time for your wedding to be
postponed. Mauktába ang sibil sirbis ug náay líkids,
They will postpone the civil service test if there is a
leakage. n postponement. Pila ka adlaw ang uktába
sa didláyin? How many days is the postponement of
the deadline?
uktába_2 n octave. v [c6] raise the pitch an octave
higher. Átung iuktába ang paníngug kay ubus
ra kaáyu, We shall raise the pitch an octave higher
because it is too low now.
Uktubri n October. see abril for verb forms.
uku, ukù expression uttered to babies three or four
months old, the interpretation of the babys cooing.
v [A3] for a three- or four-month-old baby to coo in
response when talked to, tickled, blown. Makalingaw
ang bátà basta makamau nang muukù, A baby is a lot
of fun when it starts to coo back at you when you talk
to it.
úkù = úkuy_2.
úkub v {1} [A; b] cling or hold on firmly to. Miúkub
ang bátà sa íyang yáya dihang ákù untà siyang
kuháun, The child held on firmly to her nursemaid
when I was about to take her. Miúkub na ang kula,
The glue has set. Hiukuban giyud ka dihà ug lintà
ug muúbug ka, If you go wading over there you will
get leeches on you. {2} [B; a] for two convex things
to fit together at their brims. Muúkub ning duha ka
kartun, These two boxes are the same size because the
edges match perfectly. Nag-úkub ang duha ka ngábil,
Their two lips met and held to each other. {3} [A2;
b(1)] bite, letting the teeth sink in, or for an insect to
bite. Miúkub lang dáyun ang irù sa ákung bitíis nga
wà muúsig, The dog sank its teeth in my legs without
barking at me. pa- v [A; b(1)] apply dry cupping on
s.t. to suck out undesirable matter. Nawálà ang sakit
sa ákung likud nga gipaukúban, My backache disappeared
after dry cupping was applied. ma-un a penetrating,
piercing (literary). Maukúbung pagsud-ung,
A penetrating look.
uk-uk v {1} [A23P; c1] draw back, shrink back into.
Miuk-uk ang úlu sa bau pag-ági nákù, The turtle drew