A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

day). Dagyaw ang pagtúkud sa iskuyláhan, The school
was built by communal work. v [A; b5] do communal
work.
dahan v {1} [B4; b4] for s.t. bad to persist, get worse.
Nidahan ang íyang kabúang sa madiyung, Her madness
for mahjong got worse. Gidahanan siya sa hilánat,
His fever is persisting. {2} [A12; a12] keep up
with. Dílì ku madahan ang trabáhu sa balay, I cannot
keep up with the work in the house. manga it
is ridiculous, incredibly stupid that [so-and-so] happened.
Madahan ba gud nímu nga gidisdísan siyang
way anistisya, Imagine! They operated on him without
anesthesia. ma- ug it would have been ridiculous if
[so-and-so] had happened. Madahan ug dì ka mutambung
sa kasal sa ímung anak, You surely could not fail
to attend your sons wedding! pa- v [c1] allow s.t. to
persist, get worse. Dílì maáyung padahanun (ipadahan)
ang íyang batásan, Its not advisable to allow this
behavior of his to go on.
dahay n sighs, bewailing of misfortune. v [A; b3]
moan, bewail ones misfortune. Midahay siya sa dautan
níyang gidangátan, She sighed mournfully over
her misfortune. Dílì angayang dahayan ang ímung
kakabus, Its not right to bewail your poverty. {2}
[A13] behave for no good reason in an unusually jolly,
high-spirited manner, laughing gaily and easily. Such
behavior is believed to portend s.t. bad for whoever
engages in it. Ngánung nagdahay man mu bísag
nagngíub ning kalibútan? Why are you boisterously
mirthful with such gloomy weather?
dáhig = daláhig.
dahik = dalahik.
dahil v {1} [A; b] iron s.t. over quickly to smooth it
out. Dahili úsà kanang sinináa kay gigámit na man
nímu, Iron out the creases in that shirt because you
wore it once. {2} [A; a] iron a few things. Mu ra niy
ímung dahilun, This is all you are to iron.
dahilì n k.o. dwarf coconut, not more than 10 tall,
with thin-husked nuts the size of a grapefruit. humay
n k.o. small-grained rice with white husk and grains,
considered desirable for consumption as staple.
dahílì v [B2S3; c] {1} for solids in small pieces (grains,
small rocks, etc.) to slip, slide down touching a surface;
or for liquids to move. Singut nga midahílì sa íyang
kalawásan, Sweat that rolled down his body. Nagdahilì
ang grába, The gravel was slowly falling out of the
truck. {2} for solids in small pieces to be abundant.
Magdahilì ang mangga sa Sibu sa ting-init, Mangoes
are abundant in Cebu in the summer. Gidahilían ang
Sibu ug kwarta ni Markus, Marcos flooded Cebu with
money.