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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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[B126; b6] be, become ambitious.<br />

ambisyúsa = ambisyúsu (female).<br />

ambríla kat n style <strong>of</strong> skirt with several triangular<br />

pieces flaring to the hem and narrow at the waist,<br />

roughly resembling an umbrella. v {1} [A; c1] make a<br />

dress in this style. {2} [A; c] wear a dress in this style.<br />

amimispis = pispis.<br />

amin v {3} [A; a12] admit a wrong or mistake one has<br />

done and be held responsible. Kun aminun nímung<br />

tanang nabitabù, maminusminus pa ang ímung sintinsiya,<br />

If you admit everything, your sentence will be<br />

reduced. {4} [A; a] kill (humorous). Akuy muamin<br />

ánang hingusig nga irù, Ill put an end to that noisy<br />

dog. a dead.<br />

amping -in-an n {1} s.t. one must guard. {2} genitalia<br />

<strong>of</strong> a virgin (euphemism).<br />

amù maáyu pay amù náa pay duha ka dakù sa lubut<br />

poor as a church mouse (lit. a monkey is better <strong>of</strong>f<br />

because at least he has two centavo pieces on his buttocks).<br />

amurítis n lovesickness (humorous). v [B126; a4] be<br />

affected with amoritis. -un() a lovesick.<br />

Ámuy_3 n Amoy Chinese.<br />

amuy-ámuy v [A; b5] pacify, appease ones anger.<br />

Amuy-amúya (amuy-amúyig) kindi ang bátà ug<br />

maghilak, Appease the child with a piece <strong>of</strong> candy<br />

when it cries. n act <strong>of</strong> appeasing, pacifying.<br />

amyat a looking down on others and being pretentious.<br />

Amyat nang bayhána. Dílì makighuyhúy nátù,<br />

That woman is stuck up. She wont go around with us.<br />

v [B12] be, become stuck up and pretentious. Lagmit<br />

ang kadátù makaamyat (makapaamyat) sa usa ka<br />

asáwa, Usually wealth makes a wife think too highly<br />

<strong>of</strong> herself. -in- v [A; a2] behave in a conceited and<br />

affected way.<br />

an = ang (dialectal).<br />

anak n sa salà, pagpakasalà illegitimate child. sa<br />

pagkaulitáwu a mans child before his marriage. sa<br />

pagkadalága a child born to a woman before her marriage.<br />

sa Táwu Jesus Christ. sa Diyus Jesus Christ.<br />

sa sakramintu legitimate child.<br />

andir gráwun a done in secret. Andir-gráwun ang mga<br />

kalihúkan sa mga kaáway nátù, Our enemies carried<br />

out their activities in secret. v [c1] do s.t. secretly.<br />

wit a underweight. Andir wit kaáyu ning batáa kay<br />

níwang, This child is very underweight because he is<br />

thin. v [B12; b6] be, become underweight.<br />

ángal v {2} [A; c] reveal a secret (slang). Muángal

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