"Ananamsi" is a word in CEBUANO

ananamsi CEBUANO
Definition:

ananamsi n k.
o.
small timber tree.
anananggal n k.
o.
unglù who, when under his supernatural spell, detaches the portion of his body above the waist from the lower portion and flies away with trailing intestines in search of his prey, leaving the lower portion.
This detachment occurs only at night, and the anananggal dies if the sun strikes any portion of the separated body.
He can also be killed by putting salt on the lower portion.
see also tanggal.

Few words of positivity

... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

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Laugh your heart out.

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

antitragus ENGLISH

A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.

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baha CEBUANO

bahà n flood. v [B46; b4] {1} flow in a flood, flood over. Mibahà ang sapà sa kakusug sa ulan, …

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balukbuk CEBUANO

balukbuk v [A; b] dig up the soil around the lower portions of a small plant. Bukbúki ang rúsas, Dig …

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bangkal CEBUANO

bangkal n large tree of the secondary forest, hollow in the lower portion of the trunk: Nauclea orientalis.

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culasse ENGLISH

The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

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guud CEBUANO

gúud n {1} lower portion of a mature bamboo stem which is thick, strong, and durable. {2} piece of bamboo …

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guuk CEBUANO

guuk n fat on the back of a cow at the hump or, by analogy, fat on the nape of …

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hold ENGLISH

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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register ENGLISH

The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of …

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spina bifida ENGLISH

A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal …

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sympiesometer ENGLISH

A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the …

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tail ENGLISH

The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.

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talubig CEBUANO

talubig (not without lfrom túbig) n {1} small yellowish pustules appearing individually on the skin. {2} other watery and itchy …

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web ENGLISH

The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, …

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