"Gamus" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
gamús - To salt, brine, steep in brine,
pickle. Gámsa (gamusá) ang hípon. Salt
down the hipon-fish. Gámsi (gamusí) akó
sing tátlo ga gántang nga tabagák. Pickle
for me three gantas of tabagac-fish. Igamús
akó siníng báboy. Please salt and pickle
this pork for me. Ipagamús ko sa kosinéro
iníng isá ka búgsò nga kárne. I’ll get the
cook to salt down this piece of meat. (cf.
asín, lílang, patís).
gamus v [A; a] preserve with salt without drying, most com-monly said of small fish or fry.
Gamusa ang subrang bulinaw, Preserve the extra anchovies with salt.
-in- n {1} s.t.
preserved in salt.
{2} secret or hidden wrongdoings.
Giugkat sa blak-mílir ang mga ginamus sa íyang kagahápun, The blackmailer unearthed the putrid secrets of her past.
ginamusginámus n k.
o.
tag played by teams whereby the object is to reach a home base, and the team members try to capture each other in so doing.
v [AC; c1] play this game.
gamsanan n container for preserving fish in salt.
I try to tighten my heart into a knot, a snarl, I try to learn to live dead, just numb, but then I see someone I want, and it's like a nail, like a hot spike right through my chest, and I know I'm losing.
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