uyab

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

  • Hyphenation: u‧yab
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈjab/ [ʔʊˈjab]

Noun

uyáb

  1. boyfriend; girlfriend; lover
    Synonyms: (dated, sense "girlfriend") atab, trato

Verb

uyáb

  1. to be someone's lover, significant other, boyfriend or girlfriend; to be in a romantic relationship
    Synonym: trato
  2. to date
    Synonym: trato
  3. to court a man or woman

Pronunciation 2

  • Hyphenation: u‧yab
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔujab/ [ˈʔu.jɐb]

Verb

uyab

  1. to wash fish, meat, etc. using clean water

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:uyab.

References

  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 351
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
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