"Balu" is a word in CEBUANO
balù n garfish with upper and lower beaks of approximately the same size: Ablennis hians, Tylosurus crocodilus.
bálu n widow, widower.
v [B126] lose ones spouse.
mang-gibalúhan a widow or widower that tends to lose her or his spouse.
bálù v [A; a1] for supernatural beings, or persons acting like such to appear suddenly to frighten people.
Baw-un nátù siya sa may dákit, Lets scare him near the banyan tree.
balù n a knot that easily comes undone by pulling at one end of the string.
v [A] tie into a slip knot.
Baluun kug higut ang listun, Ill tie the lace in a slip knot.
balu I dont know.
Balu lag háin siya, I dont know where he is.
v = hi-ha-.
hi-ha- v {1} [B1236; b] know s.t.
, how to do s.t.
Kahibalu ka bang mulanguy?
Do you know how to swim?
Nakahibáwu ku nga nagdaut ka, I found out you were sick.
Dì ku gustung hibaw-an (hibal-an) ang tinagúan, I dont want the secret to be known.
{2} [B1236] take care of a problem.
Akuy mahibalu sa tanan, Ill take care of everything.
hibal-anay, hibaw-anay v [c3] know s.t.
about each other.
Naghibaw-anay kami sa ámung sikrítu, We know each others secrets.
pahi- v [A; ac] inform, announce.
n announcement.
May pahibalu nga walay klási, Theres an announcement that therell be no classes.
kahi- n knowledge.
May kahibalu aku sa makina, I have knowl-edge about engines.
manggihibalúun a learned.
bálu, balù, bálù v [A12] feel shame and hurt from not being given s.t.
Nabálù ku kay aku ray wà tagái, You hurt me because you gave some to everybody but me.
ka- feeling of shame and hurt for not being given s.t.
Men are not hanged for stealing horses but that horses may not be stolen.
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