A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

dádi title for a father. v [A; a12] call s.o. ‘Daddy’.

dága₁ n dagger. punta — = [dága₁].

dága₂ = dalága_{1, 2}.

dagà = [ilagà].

dagáang n 1 heat, warmth given off, usually by s.t. solid. Ang dagáang sa ílang duha ka láwas, The warmth given off by their two bodies. Ang dagáang sa nasúnug nga balay, The heat from the burning house. 2 warmth of emotion. Ang dagáang sa ílang pagbátì, The warmth of their love. v [B25] 1 become warm. Midagáang na ba ang plantsa? Is the iron hot yet? 2 shimmer in the heat. -in- n = [dagáang].

dagabdab n 1 disease of tobacco where the leaf turns rough and stiff and gets white spots all over it. 2 k.o. skin ailment characterized by rough and discolored spots. v 1 [a4] for tobacco to get this disease. 2 [B146; a4] for skin to get this ailment. -un(→) a of a diseased sort.

dagáhay n noise made by the stomach when the digestive system is disturbed. v [A1] for the stomach to make a rumbling sound.

dagámi n stalk that is left after grain or sugar has been harvested.

dágan = [dalágan].

dagánas n prolonged sound of water or wind. Dagánas sa busay, The sound of the waterfall. v [B2S4] make such a sound. Nagdaganas nga dagkung balud, The thundering waves.