A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

kumpay₂ = [kúpay].

†kumpisal v 3 [AN] defecate (humorous). -an(←), kumpisinaryu n 2 toilet (humorous). Túa pa sa kumpisálan, She’s still out back.

kumpus pit n compost pit.

kunbinsyun = [kumbinsiyun].

kunsirba₂, kunsirbǎr v [A; a] conserve s.t. Ákung kunsirbahun (kunsirbarun, ikunsirbǎr) ang mga karáang mga butang sa ákung mga apuhan, I’ll save the old things which belong to my grandparents.

†kuntra — risíbu n document entered upon to nullify a previous document. v [b(1)] execute a document of this sort. Ámung gikuntra risibúhan ang dukumintu sa pálit, We have executed a document nullifying the sale.

kurasunáda = [kursunáda].

labanu = [gwayabanu].

lagang₂ a a woman who is completely bald. v [B12; b] for a woman to become bald. Gilagangan ang bátang punúun arun sayun pagtambal, They cut all the hair off the child with scabies so that it would be easy to treat her.

lagpat v [A2; b8] do s.t. by chance, at random. Hilagpatan kug pílì ang kukakúla nga may lakináyin, I happened to choose the bottle of coke that had the lucky nine prize in the cap. pa- n s.t. done or said in guesswork. Tubag nga palagpat básun na lag swirtihun, Answer I just guessed at in the wild hope that it would come out to be right.