"Bubu" is a word in CEBUANO
búbu a deeply stupid, idiotic.
Búbu ang íyang anak.
Dì gánì makasulti, Her child is a moron.
It cannot even talk.
v [B2; a12b6] turn out to be an idiot.
búbu, búbù n box-like trap woven from bamboo slats allowing entrance but no egress, used to catch fish or monkeys.
v {1} [A; a] make, make into such a trap.
{2} [A2N; a] catch things with the búbu.
Bubúun (bubúhun) nátù ang ungguy arun búhing dakpan, Lets trap the monkey with a búbu so he can be taken alive.
Kining sapáa maáyung bubúan, This river is a good place to set a fish trap.
bùbù v {1} [A; c] pour s.t.
out, into s.t.
Namayur siya kay mibùbù mag kwarta, He became mayor because he poured money out for it.
Bùbúi ang lub-angun, Pour water on the seedlings.
Ibùbù ang túbig sa akwaryum, Pour the water into the aquar-ium.
Ibùbù ku kanímu ang tanan kung pagmahal, I will shower all my a?
ection on you.
Ibùbù ku sa trabáhu ang tanan kung kabudlay, I will pour my every e?
ort into the job.
{2} [b(1)] flush a land crab out by pouring water in its hole.
n action of watering.
Kuwag bùbù ang rúsas, The roses havent been wa-tered enough.
paN- v [A2] catch land crabs by flushing them out.
-anay, -ay() v [C; c6] for employees to put a fixed amount in a kitty each month.
The kitty goes to each member in turn.
Magbùbuay tag tagbayinti káda kinsína, We chip in twenty for the revolving kitty every two weeks.
-anan n place into, through which liquid is poured.
God trained Moses in a palace to use him in a desert. He trained Joseph in a desert to use him in a palace.
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