A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

balúta n ballot for election, contest.

balútu (not without l) = [barútu].

baluybuy n general name for olive shells.

balúyut n bag made of straw (buli or tíkug). v [a] make into a straw bag.

balwarti n 1 political stronghold, place where a politician gets most of the votes. 2 territory of a gang, turf. Balwarti sa mga buguy, Territory belonging to the ruffians.

balyákag n wild vine with a tuberous, edible root, in the same genus as apáli, said to be the food of supernatural people that inhabit the forest: Dioscorea esculenta. paN- v [A2] gather balyákag. Ang mamalyákag maghílum, When you gather balyákag keep silent.

balyína n whale.

balyu = [baylu].

bám n bomb. atúmik, haydrudyin, kúbalt — atomic, hydrogen, cobalt bomb.

bamba a for women to be fat. Bamba kaáyu nà siya kay way tihiktíhik nga mukáun, She is very stout because she eats without restraint. v [B2; b6] for a woman to become very stout.