A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

tirúti = [tarúti].

tís₁ v [A; a1] tease the hair. Tísa ákung buhuk, Tease my hair.

tís₂ n test in school. v [A; a] have a test. Ákù mung tísun báhin sa asayinmint, I’ll give you a test on the assignment.

tísà₁ n k.o. single-seeded fruit, the size and shape of a small pear with bright yellow, inedible skin and flesh which is sweet and fleshy but dry: Lucuma nervosa.

tísà₂ n roofing tile.

tísà₃ = [tísas].

tisar v [A; c] sit or stand straight; have a bent back straightened. Mitisar ang kadíti dáyung salúdu, The cadet stood straight and executed a salute. Matisar pa nang ímung pagkabakù, Your bent posture can still be corrected. a straight in posture.

tísas n chalk. v [A; c1] use, apply chalk on s.t. (→) = [tísas], v.

tisay (from mistísa) n woman with some Caucasian blood or features (slang).

tisiku n one who has tuberculosis. v [B126] be, become a tubercular.