glú n glue. v [A; b6] glue. Glúhi ang librung bawnun, Put glue on the books to be bound.
glurya see [duminggu].
gluryúsu a glorious, delightful. v [B12] become glorious. Magluryúsu ang táwu ug way kaguúl, A person becomes glorious when he has no worries. — nga mistiryu n the glorious mysteries, one of the three series of mysteries in the Holy Rosary.
Gn. abbreviation for Gíning, ‘Miss’.
Gng. abbreviation for Gínang, ‘Mrs.’
grába n gravel. -du a paved with gravel. v [A; b5] pave with gravel. Grabadúhun (grabadúhan) sa gubyirnu ang mga karsáda, The government will pave the roads with gravel. -dur(→) n one who hauls and shovels gravel. v [B56; a2] work as a gravel hauler. †
grabansus = [karabansus].
grábi a 1 in serious condition. Grábi siya, dì tingáli kaugmaan, He is serious. He might not live till tomorrow. 2 done in too great a degree, being in too great a degree. Grábi ra nang ímung pasíaw, You prank too much. Grábing dimalása. Gipanítan ku sa madiyung, It’s a very unlucky day for me. I lost in mahjong. 3 expression showing one’s disgust, dismay over s.o.’s failure to do s.t. which he should have done, or avoid s.t. which he could have avoided doing. Grábi sad kag nalímut nga gahápun pa man tu, How could you ever forget when it was just yesterday. Grábi! Bisag diyuy wà ka? Good heavens. You haven’t got anything at all? Not even half a centavo? v 1 [B2] become worse. Nagkagrabi ang íyang sakit kay wà tambali, His sickness is getting worse and worse because he didn’t treat it. 2 [b8] for s.t. to be overdone. Higrabihan nímug nusnus ang sílak, maung napánas, You rubbed the shellac too much, so that it got worn off. 3 [b8] get s.t. more than any one else. Sa tanang gikastígu siyay nagrabihan, He got the heaviest punishment of all of them. grabihan a not given to conversation, unsmiling. Míngaw ikaúban bayhána kay grabihan, It’s no fun to go with her because she doesn’t respond to people. grabihun a snobbish, refusing to have to do with people deemed inferior. Lisud duúlun ang táwung grabihun, It’s hard to approach a snobbish person.
grádu n 1 rating, grade. Nahagbung siya kay mabag grádu, He failed because he got low grades. 2 level or stage of education. Tirsíru grádu ra ku kutub, I only went as far as third grade. 3 educational attainment. Way grádu ang ámung mutsatsa, Our maid has no schooling at all. 4 grade of a lens. Pílay grádu ímung kibídu? What’s the grade of your eyeglasses? v 1 [A; b1] give a grade, rating. Gigradúhan siyag ip kay absinti, He was given an F because of his absences. Gradúhan kug i ang maáyung ripurt, I’ll give an A to a good report. 2 [A12] obtain a grade or rating. Kas-a pa ku makagrádu (makagradu) ug i, I got an A only once. †
graduwar v 1 [A2; b6] graduate. Abugasíya ang íyang gigraduwaran, He finished law. 2 pass from one particular stage or condition to another. Hápit na siya mugraduwar sa pagkaulitáwu kay kaslun ugmà, He is about to graduate from his bachelorhood because he will be married tomorrow. 3 [A23] be removed from a basketball game after a number of fouls. Migraduwar siya human sa ikalimang páwul, He was disqualified after his fifth foul. graduwáda = graduwádu (female). graduwádu n 1 graduate, esp. college graduates. Graduwádu ray madáwat áning trabahúa, Only those with a college degree will be considered for this job. 2 one who is experienced in doing or being s.t. Graduwádu nà sa pagkakalma, He has proven himself cool-headed. Graduwádu sa pangáwat, He is an experienced thief. graduwasyun, graduwisyun n graduation, commencement exercises.