púpuy = [púpù].
pupúyu = [bartuníku].
pur word used in reckoning dimensions: ‘by’. Dus pur kwatru nga káhuy, Piece of wood two by four. Kwatrung diyis pur katursi piyis, A room ten by fourteen feet.
pur- 1 per, by the. -díya by the day. Purdíya ámung swildu, We are paid by the day. Utsu písus purdíya, Eight pesos a day. -úra by the hour. 2 prefix for exclamations. -bída short form: bída a exclamation of surprise. Purbídang lisúra, My God! How difficult it is. Purbídang gwapáha, Jesus! How beautiful she is. b exclamation chiding. Purbída sab ka! Wà ka makapakáun sa bátà? Heavens! You mean you didn’t feed the baby? -pabur see [pabur]. -diyus see [purdiyus]. in other phrases: pur-abir a1 testing s.t. out, not necessarily in earnest. Wà kuy disíyu nga mupalit íning awtúha. Pur-abir lang tung ákù ug itúgut ba sa ákung hangyù, I did not intend to buy this automobile. I was just trying to see if it could be gotten for the price I offered. a2 trying s.t. on a long gamble where there is nothing to lose. Pur-abir ning pagpaupira sa kansir, kay ug dílì upirahan, sigurádu man giyung patay, The cancer operation is just a gamble. If you don’t operate, the man will die anyway. b -ihimplu for example. c -ingkásu = ingkásu. see also pur-ísu, purlumínus, purmidyu, *pursikásu.
purà v [B1; a] indulge in s.t. to the point of satiety, where one does not desire any more. Nagpurà mig káun sa usa ka batúang mangga, We indulged ourselves eating a large basket of mangoes. Gipurà námù ang ámung mata sa makaiíbug nga talan-awun, We feasted our eyes on the lovely landscape. Napurà na kug babáyi, I’ve had women until I am sick of them.
púrang v [A; c] cut fish into halves neatly along the vertebrae and bone structure, usually for drying. Purángun únà ang isdà nga igbubúwad, The fish to be dried should first be cut in two.
púras n 1 policeman’s billy. 2 penis (humorous). v [A; a1] 1 beat with a billy or the like. Túbu ákung ipúras níya, I’ll bludgeon him with a pipe. 2 make into a club.
purawundir n boxer who fights in four-round bouts preliminary to the main event.
puray n woman’s genitalia (euphemism). panghiN-(←) v [B236] bloom into full womanhood. Nanghimúray na ang íyang anak nga dalagíta, His adolescent daughter is now blooming into full womanhood.
purba = [prubar], 1.