A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

dúna = [adúna].

dun-ag₁ = [lung-ag].

dun-ag₂ = [bun-ag].

dunar₁ v [A; b6(1)] donate. Midunar ug lunà si Dun Ansilmu pára sa simbahan, Don Anselmo donated a lot for the church.

dunar₂ v [A23] exist, remain for some time or forever. Ang táwu dì mudunar sa kalibútan, Man will not exist on earth forever.

dunasiyun n donation.

dúnat n doughnut. v [A; a2b6] have, make doughnuts.

dunat intir n a one-way street.

*dundi used only in the phrase: Nupuydi katabuk dundi gabahà, Can’t have intercourse because the wife is menstruating. (Lit. You can’t cross because the river is flooding.)

dundun₁ a for a surface to offer a braking effect to s.o. trying to walk over it. Dundun kaáyung laktan sa baybáyun, It is very difficult to walk on sand.