"Isti" is a word in CEBUANO
isti {1} expression of pause when speaker cant think of the right word or is embarrassed.
Buy, itúnul ang kuan, isti, ang piryudiku, Boy, pass the whatchamacallit, umm, the newspaper.
{2} expression to correct or take back what one has just said.
Si Imil, isti, si Lúkas paanhía, Emil, I mean, Lucas, have him come here.
paistiisti v [A; b6] put on a pretense of indi?
erence to s.t.
one really likes.
Ngánung nagpaistiisti kang gustu ka man diay?
Why do you pretend you dont like it when you really do?
isti n the east piece, the name of one of the winds (bintus).
{2} the dealer in a mahjong game.
{3} the name given to the first round in a mahjong set until all four players have had a chance to be the dealer.
It is followed by a second round which is called sur.
v {1} [A12; b4] draw an east piece.
Giistihan aku ug mau na lay ákung giwíting, I drew an east wind and that was what I needed to go mahjong.
{2} [B1256] be the dealer in a mahjong game.
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ik-ik n the isti piece of mahjong.
Read the complete definitionnyús n {1} news. {1a} newspaper. {2} in mahjong, a four-piece combination consisting of the nurti, isti, wisti, and sur …
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