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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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ter what inducement is given (even if you put sugar<br />

on it). Bísag kamayan pa, dì giyud ku musugut níya, I<br />

wouldnt accept him for all the tea in China. {3} [B246]<br />

for coconut taffy to fail to turn out and become crystalline<br />

and sandy. Daling mukamay ang kukunat ug<br />

kúwang sa lubi, The coconut taffy comes out sandy<br />

if you dont use enough coconut milk. {4} [A; a] (not<br />

without l) make kalamay. n (not without l) sweets<br />

made from ground sticky rice boiled with the juice <strong>of</strong><br />

coconut meat and brown sugar.<br />

kalamayu, kalamáyu n an acute infection which has<br />

swollen and become red, but not yet open or oozing.<br />

v [BN; a4] be acutely inflamed. Nangalamáyu<br />

(nikalamáyu, nakalamáyu, gikalamáyu) ang íyang<br />

samad, His wound became acutely inflamed.<br />

kalambíbat = kabíbat.<br />

kalambitay = kulumbitay.<br />

kalambri_1 (not without l) n cramp. v [BN; a4b4] get<br />

a cramp. Nikalambri (nakalambri, nangalambri) ang<br />

íyang tiil sa dúgayng hinúmul sa túbig, He got a cramp<br />

in his legs because he stayed in the water too long.<br />

Ang mabdus dalì kaáyung kalambríhun (kalambríhan),<br />

Pregnant women are easily attacked by sudden and<br />

painful cramps.<br />

kalambri_2 n cuss word, fairly strong, but which can<br />

also be used with a light note <strong>of</strong> humor, expressing annoyance.<br />

Kalambri ning tawhána, manúgug paningil<br />

íning wà pay swildu, Damn, this man. He tries to<br />

collect from me before I even get paid!<br />

kalambúra = karambúla.<br />

kalamidad n calamity.<br />

kalamri = kalambri1, 2.<br />

kalamúhuy n k.o. fish.<br />

kalamúkat see lamúkat.<br />

kalamundì, kalamundin, kalamunding (not without l)<br />

= limunsítu.<br />

kalamunggay n {1} small, rapidly growing cultivated<br />

tree, with thrice pinnate leaves, the leaflets <strong>of</strong> which<br />

are one <strong>of</strong> the most popularly eaten vegetables in the<br />

Visayas: Moringa oleifera. {2} clubs in playing cards.<br />

kalamutsing = kamuritsing. see muritsing.<br />

kalan, kálan (not without l) n small portable stove<br />

made <strong>of</strong> clay. v [a12] make into such a stove.<br />

kalandátay v [B; c1] for a conversation to drag on,<br />

going from one subject to another. Nakalandátay ang<br />

isturya kay púlus na hubug, The conversation went on<br />

and on because everybody had one drink too many.

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