A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

uksináda = [uksihináda]. agwa — = [uksihináda].

uksirbǎr = ubsirbǎr.

uksu n acronym for OXO, a gang of Visayan hoodlums in Manila.

Ukt. abbreviation for Uktubri ‘October’.

uktába₁ v [AP; c16] postpone, put off to a later date. Wà nay lugar nga uktabáhun (iuktába) pa ang inyung kasal, There’s no more time for your wedding to be postponed. Mauktába ang sibil sirbis ug náay líkids, They will postpone the civil service test if there is a leakage. n postponement. Pila ka adlaw ang uktába sa didláyin? How many days is the postponement of the deadline?

uktába₂ n octave. v [c6] raise the pitch an octave higher. Átung iuktába ang paníngug kay ubus ra kaáyu, We shall raise the pitch an octave higher because it is too low now.

Uktubri n October. see [abril] for verb forms.

uku, ukù expression uttered to babies three or four months old, the interpretation of the baby’s cooing. v [A3] for a three- or four-month-old baby to coo in response when talked to, tickled, blown. Makalingaw ang bátà basta makamau nang muukù, A baby is a lot of fun when it starts to coo back at you when you talk to it.

úkù = [úkuy₂].

úkub v 1 [A; b] cling or hold on firmly to. Miúkub ang bátà sa íyang yáya dihang ákù untà siyang kuháun, The child held on firmly to her nursemaid when I was about to take her. Miúkub na ang kula, The glue has set. Hiukuban giyud ka dihà ug lintà ug muúbug ka, If you go wading over there you will get leeches on you. 2 [B; a] for two convex things to fit together at their brims. Muúkub ning duha ka kartun, These two boxes are the same size because the edges match perfectly. Nag-úkub ang duha ka ngábil, Their two lips met and held to each other. 3 [A2; b(1)] bite, letting the teeth sink in, or for an insect to bite. Miúkub lang dáyun ang irù sa ákung bitíis nga wà muúsig, The dog sank its teeth in my legs without barking at me. pa- v [A; b(1)] apply dry cupping on s.t. to suck out undesirable matter. Nawálà ang sakit sa ákung likud nga gipaukúban, My backache disappeared after dry cupping was applied. ma-un a penetrating, piercing (literary). Maukúbung pagsud-ung, A penetrating look.