A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

plumíru₁ n feather duster. v [A; a] dust s.t. with a feather duster, make a feather duster.

plumíru₂ = [plámir].

plúmu n 1 lead. Plúmu ang gihímù níyang pamatu, He used lead for his sinker. 2 washer put under nails. v [A; b6] nail s.t. with a washer. Ang lansang sa sín plumúhan arun dì mutúlù, They put washers under the roof nails to prevent it from leaking.

plur n floor, storey of a building. Unsang plúra ang ímung upisína, sa pip plur? What floor is your office, on the fifth floor?

plúral upiring n flower offering put on a monument or given to a beauty queen with a ceremony. v [A1] hold such a ceremony.

plurdilis n zinnia.

pluríra n flower vase. v [A; c1] use s.t. as a flower vase.

plúris 1 = [búlak], 2a. 2 — di Máyu season in the month of May when flowers are offered to the Virgin in the church. v 1 [A12; b6] draw a búlak in mahjong. 2 [A1] hold the celebration of the May flowers.

plurisin n fluorescent lamp. v [A1; b(1)] use, install a fluorescent lamp.

plurlídir n 1 floor leader in the legislature. 2 the one of a group that sleeps on the floor (humorous). Kay kúlang ug katri, ikay plurlídir, There’s not enough beds so you sleep on the floor. v 1 [B156; c16] be made the floor leader. 2 [A2B6; a12] be the one to sleep on the floor, cause one to be such.