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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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Gn. abbreviation for Gíning, Miss.<br />

Gng. abbreviation for Gínang, Mrs.<br />

grába n gravel. -du a paved with gravel. v [A; b5] pave<br />

with gravel. Grabadúhun (grabadúhan) sa gubyirnu<br />

ang mga karsáda, The government will pave the roads<br />

with gravel. -dur() n one who hauls and shovels gravel.<br />

v [B56; a2] work as a gravel hauler.<br />

grabansus = karabansus.<br />

grábi a {1} in serious condition. Grábi siya, dì tingáli<br />

kaugmaan, He is serious. He might not live till tomorrow.<br />

{2} done in too great a degree, being in too great<br />

a degree. Grábi ra nang ímung pasíaw, You prank too<br />

much. Grábing dimalása. Gipanítan ku sa madiyung,<br />

Its a very unlucky day for me. I lost in mahjong. {3}<br />

expression showing ones disgust, dismay over s.o.s failure<br />

to do s.t. which he should have done, or avoid<br />

s.t. which he could have avoided doing. Grábi sad<br />

kag nalímut nga gahápun pa man tu, How could you<br />

ever forget when it was just yesterday. Grábi! Bisag<br />

diyuy wà ka? Good heavens. You havent got anything<br />

at all? Not even half a centavo? v {1} [B2] become<br />

worse. Nagkagrabi ang íyang sakit kay wà tambali, His<br />

sickness is getting worse and worse because he didnt<br />

treat it. {2} [b8] for s.t. to be overdone. Higrabihan<br />

nímug nusnus ang sílak, maung napánas, You rubbed<br />

the shellac too much, so that it got worn <strong>of</strong>f. {3} [b8]<br />

get s.t. more than any one else. Sa tanang gikastígu<br />

siyay nagrabihan, He got the heaviest punishment <strong>of</strong><br />

all <strong>of</strong> them. grabihan a not given to conversation, unsmiling.<br />

Míngaw ikaúban bayhána kay grabihan, Its<br />

no fun to go with her because she doesnt respond to<br />

people. grabihun a snobbish, refusing to have to do<br />

with people deemed inferior. Lisud duúlun ang táwung<br />

grabihun, Its hard to approach a snobbish person.<br />

grádu n {1} rating, grade. Nahagbung siya kay mabag<br />

grádu, He failed because he got low grades. {2} level or<br />

stage <strong>of</strong> education. Tirsíru grádu ra ku kutub, I only<br />

went as far as third grade. {3} educational attainment.<br />

Way grádu ang ámung mutsatsa, Our maid has no<br />

schooling at all. {4} grade <strong>of</strong> a lens. Pílay grádu<br />

ímung kibídu? Whats the grade <strong>of</strong> your eyeglasses? v<br />

{1} [A; b1] give a grade, rating. Gigradúhan siyag ip<br />

kay absinti, He was given an F because <strong>of</strong> his absences.<br />

Gradúhan kug i ang maáyung ripurt, Ill give an A to a<br />

good report. {2} [A12] obtain a grade or rating. Kas-a<br />

pa ku makagrádu (makagradu) ug i, I got an A only<br />

once.<br />

graduwar v {1} [A2; b6] graduate. Abugasíya ang<br />

íyang gigraduwaran, He finished law. {2} pass from<br />

one particular stage or condition to another. Hápit na<br />

siya mugraduwar sa pagkaulitáwu kay kaslun ugmà,

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