"Ambuy" is a word in CEBUANO
ambuy n a style of mens sport shirt the lower end of which extends below the level of the buttocks and with two tapering slits on the sides, close-fitting around the waist.
v {1} [A] wear this sort of shirt.
{2} [c1] tailor into this sort of shirt.
ambuy n a nickname of Pablo.
a {1} a slow-witted person.
Ambuy ka man diay, ngánung ímu nang gikaun?
What did you eat that for, you fool?
{2} penniless.
Ayaw nà sugta, ambuy nà, Dont marry him.
He doesnt have a penny.
v {1} [AB; a] be, become slow-witted, make a fool of s.
o.
Ang gugma mauy nakaambuy (nakapaambuy) sa ákung anak, Love has dulled my sons wits.
{2} [B12; a1] be short of cash, penniless.
I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
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