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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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she is beautiful.<br />

adult pur for adults only (movie).<br />

aduptr v {2} [A; a] adopt a form <strong>of</strong> government.<br />

Kun unsang matánga sa kagamhánan ang aduptahun<br />

kanà mag-agad lang unyà sa plibisítu, It depends on<br />

the plebiscite as to what form <strong>of</strong> government will be<br />

adopted.<br />

adwána n {2} place where the customs house is located<br />

or the port area near the customs house. Didtus<br />

adwána dunggù ang bapur, The ship docked near the<br />

customs house.<br />

ág lang anything and everything. Ág lay kan-un sa<br />

bábuy, Pigs eat anything and everything. Ág lang trabáhu<br />

ang íyang gidatug kanákù, She dumped whatever<br />

she had to do on me.<br />

ágak v {3} [A; a12] guide s.o. in doing things.<br />

Musúkul kus kásu ug dúnay muágak nákù, Ill put up<br />

a fight in court if I have legal counsel. Agákun tikaw<br />

sa pag-atiman sa tanum, Ill show you how to tend the<br />

plants.<br />

agálunpaN- v [A23] for a long-lost thing to be found<br />

again by its owner or for a thing long sold by its owner<br />

to find its way back to him. Nangagáwun ang ákung<br />

singsing nga narimáti kay aku ra gihápuy nakapalit<br />

sa pagsubasta, My ring must consider me its master,<br />

because after I pawned it and failed to redeem it, I<br />

still got it back at the auction.<br />

agaw ig-() ug ikatrayinta idús ug tungà (humorous)<br />

ones fiancee (lit. thirty-second and a halfth cousin).<br />

agay-ay_2 v [B346] for liquid to trickle down very<br />

slowly from a source. Nag-agay-ay ang túbig sa<br />

punúan sa káhuy, The water is trickling very slowly<br />

down the trunk <strong>of</strong> the tree. n slow trickling <strong>of</strong> water.<br />

-in- n {1} slow trickling <strong>of</strong> liquid. {2} water which has<br />

trickled out.<br />

ági () anhà mag- it will inevitably be so. Anhà giyud<br />

ka mag-agi sa latigu kay buyágun ka man, It looks like<br />

youre going to have to get whipped. Youre so naughty.<br />

pa- v {2} [A; ab] go over s.t. with an instrument.<br />

Paagia kug kadiyut sa ákung sinínà, Let me just press<br />

my dress a second time. Gipaagian ku na ang mga<br />

hábul nga gisiun, I have already run the torn sheets<br />

through the sewing machine. pa-() = pa-, v2.<br />

agpas v {5} [c] for medicine to cure an ailment. Dílì<br />

maagpas (maagpasan) sa binisayà ang sakit sa bágà,<br />

Folk medicine cannot cure a lung disease.<br />

agribyádu = agrabyádu.<br />

agwáda agwadahan n {1} the pole carried on the shoul-

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