"Hangyu" is a word in CEBUANO
hangyù (from káyù) v 1 [A; b5c] ask for s.t.
, request as a favor.
Hangyúa lang siyang muhulam kag kwarta, Ask him to let you borrow money.
Kinsay átung hangyúan sa kwarta?
Who shall we ask for the money?
Dúna kuy ihangyù nímu, I have s.t.
to request of you.
{1a} beseech, plead for.
Mihangyù ang inahan nga luwasun ang íyang anak, The mother pleaded for her sons life.
{2} [A; ac] haggle the price down, ask the seller to let one have s.t.
at a lower price.
Hangyúa ug písus ang búlig, O?
er a peso for the whole bunch.
Lisud hangyúan nang babayhána kay dì musíbug sa íyang prisyu, That woman is di?
cult to bargain with because she never lowers her price.
Pilay ímung ihangyù?
How much will you o?
er for it?
{3} [AN; a12] propose to a girl.
Giáhak na!
Manghangyù kag bálu!
Are you crazy, proposing to a widow?
{4} [A23] for the ball in basketball to make it into the basket after bouncing o?
the ring and threatening to miss (as if the ball begged to be allowed in).
Miuntul ang búla sa ring unyà milígid kini ug misúd.
Mihangyù pa giyud, The ball bounced o?
the ring then rolled into the basket.
It scored, but only after begging to be let in.
n {1} request.
{2} price o?
ered.
lúbù see lúbù.
-ánan n person from whom one habitually buys small things on credit.
-in-an n s.t.
acquired or accomplished in bargaining.
Paubsi ug písus ang prisyu pára may hinangyúan ku, Take a peso o?
the price so I have s.t.
to show for my pains in bargaining.
-únun n of one who needs to be approached and talked into giving approval or favors.
Dì dáyun nà siya musugut sa ímung pangáyù, hangyuúnun pa, He does not easily grant requests.
He needs to be begged.
But I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble.
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