A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

hungkagul, hungkarul = [hugangkul].

hungkiyang = [kungkiyang].

hungkung n 1 Hong Kong. 2 name of notorious red-light district in Cebu City, so called from the name of its principal street, Junquera. paN- v [A2; c] go to Junquera St. to a house of prostitution.

hunglus₁ = [aláyun], n, v1.

hunglus₂ = [hunlus].

hungù = [nguhù].

hungug a stupid, lacking in intelligence and capacity to perceive, learn. v [B2; b6] be, become stupid. ka- n stupidity. Sa ímung kahungug nabuak ang básu, Because of your stupidity the glass broke. sa ímung ka- expression of disgust at s.o. for saying s.t. stupid. Dag-an sa ímung kahungug. Pildi bayà ku, What do you mean I won? You ass, I lost.

hungus = [hunglus₁].

hungut v [B4] for a boil to swell. Talibutu ang hubag nga maghungut, The boil that is swelling is about to erupt.

húngut n bowl made out of three-quarters of a coconut shell. nawung ug — round faced, like a húngut. dílì — ang kalibútan there are plenty of fish in the ocean (lit. the world is not a coconut shell). Sahug dì ka mangasáwa nákù. Maáyu mag húngut ning kalibútan, So what if you don’t marry me. Fine, if this world were a coconut shell (but it’s not). v [A13; a12] make, make into a coconut-shell bowl.