A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

gús n gauze.

gutì₂ a small. Ang mga gutì kaáyung mga sigay maáyung isungkà, The small cowries are good to play sungkà with. v [B; b6] be, become small in amount, size. Mugutì (magutì) ang inyung kapital ug sigíhag útang, You’re going to run out of capital if you keep extending credit.

gúwing istrit v [B146] go straight, follow the straight and narrow. Kaniadtu gibuguybugúyan níya ang pag-iskuyla, karun naggúwing istrit na siya, He used to fool around with his studies, but now he is serious. a following the straight and narrow.

hábir sak n knapsack.

†hagkut — ug kamut light-fingered. Ayaw isayàsayà ang ímung kwarta kay hagkut ra bag kamut ang mga mutsatsa dinhi, Don’t leave your money around because the maids around here are light-fingered.

hàhà v [A; b6] clean s.t. in water by swishing it around. Ákù nang gihàháan ang mga piníkas nga isdà, I swished the split fish around in the sea to clean them.

hákut(→)₂ v [A1] for a boil to accumulate pus. Mag-ugnap ang hubag nga maghakut ug nánà, A boil develops a throbbing pain when it begins to accumulate pus.

halag = [halaghag].

halahála n the halahala, a k.o. dance. v [A] do the halahala.

halíya n jelly, jam. v [A1; a2] make a fruit jelly.