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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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puff the pipe because its too clogged up with tars.<br />

{2} [B26] for food to burn at the edges or bottom.<br />

Ayaw palabihig síga ang ímung gilútù kay mukayankan<br />

(makayankan) unyà nà, Dont turn the fire up too high<br />

or the food will burn. {3} [A; ab] mix tobacco tars into<br />

drinks as a practical joke. Gikayankanan ang ímung<br />

ilimnun, maung nalípung ka, Tobacco tars were mixed<br />

with your drink. Thats why you got dizzy right away.<br />

kayapà = kudyapà.<br />

káyas v [A; a] harvest corn. Gikáyas níla ang mais<br />

bísan anagun pa, They harvested the corn while the<br />

ears were still young. n harvest <strong>of</strong> corn.<br />

káyat v [AC2; ab2] have sexual intercourse (not coarse,<br />

but replaced by a euphemism in polite speech). Kayátun<br />

ku siya run kay wà na dug-a, Ill have her today<br />

because shes not menstruating any more. n sexual intercourse.<br />

Ang káyat mauy lamì nga dì ikapangagda,<br />

Sexual intercourse is one <strong>of</strong> the pleasures which we<br />

need not, in fact cannot, invite our friends to share.<br />

hiN-(), pala-() a having a great appetite for sex.<br />

káyaw_1 v {1} [A; b6] fly up high to a distance.<br />

Mikáyaw ang pati pagkabuhì, The pigeon flew up high<br />

when it got loose. Mikáyaw sa lángit si Kristu, Christ<br />

ascended into heaven. {2} [A3P; b4] for ones spirit to<br />

soar, be elated. Ang maung hitabù nakakáyaw (naka-<br />

pakáyaw) sa ákung pagbátì, That event lifted my spirits.<br />

káyaw_2 = kálaw.<br />

kaybuy n cowboy <strong>of</strong> the movies (humorouschildrens<br />

talk).<br />

kayda n covered porch in the front <strong>of</strong> a house and an<br />

extension <strong>of</strong> the main floor. v [A3; a] make a front<br />

porch in a house, make into a front porch.<br />

kayhà (usually pronounced kahà) {1} perhaps, possibly.<br />

Kayhà mahikalimut pa usab siya kang Mirilin kun<br />

mahigugma siya sa láin, Perhaps he will forget Marilyn<br />

again if he falls in love with s.o. else. {1a} kayhà ...<br />

kayhà maybe because ... or perhaps because. Nanghátag<br />

siyakahà kay manggihatágun, kahà kay dihay giapas,<br />

He gave me s.t., maybe to be nice or maybe he was<br />

after s.t. {2} in questions {a} with no interrogative:<br />

by any chance, I wonder if. Muanhi ba kahà siya? Will<br />

he come by any chance? Dílì siya makahúbad, aku pa<br />

kahà? Even he cant translate it. Could I possibly<br />

do so? {b} with an interrogative: who (what, where,<br />

etc.) can it be? Ginúu ku, unsa kahay nahitabù? My<br />

Lord! What can have happened? Unsáun ku kahà<br />

pagbáyad sa útang? How could I ever pay the debt?<br />

{c} maybe, approximately. Magkinahanglan kahà kug<br />

tulu, Ill need approximately three. {3} man since ap-

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