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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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putì, Apply cal to white shoes. () v [B1245] get cal<br />

splattered over it. -iru_2 n {1} kiln for burning limestone<br />

or seashells to obtain lime. {2} any big fire for<br />

roasting or burning s.t. or obtaining s.t. v [A; c1]<br />

make a kiln or a large fire to obtain s.t.<br />

kalába (not without l) n honeycomb. Ang tálu gíkan sa<br />

kalába, Beeswax comes from the honeycomb. v [AN]<br />

form or build a honeycomb.<br />

kalab-ánan = kalabánan. see lában.<br />

kalabanghan = balbangáan.<br />

kalabantus = karabansus.<br />

kalabásà n squash <strong>of</strong> various varieties: Cucurbita maxima.<br />

nga putì general name for squashes with lightgreen<br />

skin and white flesh: Lagenaria leucantha. see<br />

also balantíyung, tabáyag, tambalíyung. nga pula n<br />

{1} general term for squashes and pumpkins with red<br />

or orange meat. {2} zero grade. Kalbásà ang ákung<br />

nakúhà, I got a zero. {2a} failure <strong>of</strong> grades or ratings.<br />

v [B126N] be a failure as a student. Ayaw pagbuguybúguy<br />

sa ímung pagtuun kay makalabásà (mangalabásà)<br />

ka unyà, Dont play hooky from school or<br />

youll fail.<br />

kalábat v {1} [A2; c] reach up to an amount or length<br />

<strong>of</strong> time. Ang húlaw nakakábat giyud ug tulu ka búlan,<br />

The dry season lasted for three months. Ikábat ug<br />

singkuwinta ka tápuk ang inasal, Make the roast pig<br />

do for fifty portions. {2} [A2; a] go as far as. Kabátun<br />

ku ang mga bitúun álang kanímu, Ill go to the stars<br />

for you. {3} [A; a] walk holding on s.t. Gikabátan sa<br />

bátà ang mga silya, The child walked holding onto the<br />

chair. -an() n s.t. one holds onto while walking.<br />

kalabaw n carabao, water buffalo. dakung fully grown,<br />

old enough. Dakù ka nang kábaw wà gihápun kay<br />

buut, Youre fully grown now but you still are irresponsible.<br />

-in- v {1} [A; a12] work like a carabao. Nagkinábaw<br />

ku pagtrabáhu arun mu mabuláhan, I work like<br />

a horse to give you a better life. {2} [A13] have sexual<br />

relations. Ada, mag-agaw lag maadlaw, kun gabíi<br />

magkinábaw, They pretend to be cousins during the<br />

day but at night they have sexual relations. n stage in<br />

an infants development before it actually crawls. -un a<br />

{1} having thick and big feet like a carabaos. {2} having<br />

a pregnancy that lasts more than nine months or<br />

so. Kabáwun siyang nagmabdus, Shes like a carabao<br />

in this pregnancy (having passed nine months without<br />

giving birth).<br />

kalabíra n skeleton, skull. v [BN] become a skeleton<br />

or like one. Nangalabíra (nakalabíra, nikalabíra) na<br />

intawun ang íyang lawas, His body has become skin<br />

and bones. marka n {1} skull and cross-bones. {2}

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