A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

by John U. Wolff

kalukálu₂ n the sweet, watery outer coating of coconut meat.

kalukhu v [A; a] scrape, scratch off s.t. that sticks to a surface with a thrusting motion. Gáhì kalukhúun ang dukut sa kúlun, It’s hard to scratch burnt rice in the pot. Kukhúi ang dárug lápuk, Scrape the plow clean of mud. kalukhuun n 1 meat of very young coconut at a stage that it is just scraped, not dug out, or the dalínug. 2 dredged to the point that only a little is left to dig out.

kalúkud = [kulúkud].

kalúkus = [kulúkus].

kalumingking = kulumingking. see [kingking₁].

kalumitsing = [kamuritsing]. see [muritsing].

kalumpang n spreading tree which reaches a height of twenty meters or more bearing foul-smelling flowers which are deep-red in color and kidney-shaped fruit, as big as a child’s fist with edible peanut-like seeds: Sterculia foetida.

kalumpit n an old variety of paddy rice with white grains.

kalung₁ n upland river crab with a red breast.

kalung₂ = [kalug].