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A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

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amboo dwellings, used instead <strong>of</strong> supporting pegs<br />

(tarúgu).<br />

king contraction for kini nga (literary).<br />

kíng n {1} king in a playing card. {2} king in chess.<br />

v [A12] get a king in cards.<br />

kíngas v [B2S; b6] move about too much, be careless,<br />

lack poise and grace. Mukíngas ang nawung<br />

ánang bayhána ug náay mga laláki. Malukup ug língì,<br />

That woman becomes restless when there are men<br />

around. She has to keep turning around to look at<br />

them. Nagkíngas ka man gud maung hintumban lang<br />

ang ákung tiil, You were so rowdy, you stepped on<br />

my foot. Ngánung makíngas man ang nawung ánang<br />

maistráha ug ubsirbahan? Why does that teacher get<br />

fidgety when her superior observes her? Nagkakíngas<br />

lang mu. Tan-áwa dì nabyaan ang átung bálun, You<br />

were so careless. Look, you left our lunch behind. ()<br />

a rowdy, carelessly inattentive.<br />

kíngat v [B6; c1] do things fast, in a rough, rowdy<br />

manner. Kuyaw ug mukíngat ug drayib ang draybir,<br />

Its scary if the driver drives roughly. Nakingat lang<br />

bayà ang íyang nawung nga misulud sa kwartu, He<br />

entered the room in such a rowdy manner.<br />

kingki_1 n k.o. hanging kerosene lamp with a glass<br />

chimney and a covering. v [A13] use this kind <strong>of</strong><br />

kerosene lamp. -lya n k.o. small kerosene lamp similar<br />

to the kingki, <strong>of</strong>ten used to light an altar or a<br />

room while all the other lights are out. v [A13] light a<br />

kingkilya.<br />

kingki_2 a kinky. v [B; b6] for hair to become kinky.<br />

Mukingki (makingki) ang ímung kulung ug lutúug<br />

maáyu, Your permanent will become kinky if its overdone.<br />

kingking_1 v [A1N; a] do in a gingerly way with<br />

the thumb and the forefinger. Nangingking siyang<br />

mikuput sa tiil sa bakì, He held the frogs feet carefully<br />

with his thumb and forefinger. -alum-, -ulum-,<br />

-um- n little finger. walà sa {1} not as big as the<br />

little finger when compared. Si Karangkál walà sa kulumingking<br />

itandì niadtung dakù kaáyung isdà, Tom<br />

Thumb wasnt as big as a little finger compared to that<br />

huge fish. {2} nothing as compared to. Kanang ímung<br />

abilidad walà ra sa ákung kumingking, Your ability is<br />

nothing compared to mine.<br />

kingking_2 = takingking.<br />

kingkiri expression used by children when they want<br />

to have a group <strong>of</strong> children compete for s.t. they are<br />

to give away: Who wants it? The first one who says<br />

yukayu gets it. v [A13; c1] have kids compete for s.t.<br />

by saying quien quiere.

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