"Linti" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
líntì - Lightning, fork—, sheet—, summer—,
lightning, bolt, flash of lightning; to lighten,
strike by lightning; also used as a curse:
Blast it! or the like. Nagalíntì, may líntì. It
is lightening, there is lightning. Nalintián
ang lubí dídto. The coconut palm there was
struck by lightning. Sa búlan sa Máyo sing
masamí may panglíntì kag panagúub. It
often lightens and thunders in the month of
May. Ang íya baláy nahápit sang líntì kag
nasúnug. His house was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. Ginhápit
(Hinápit) siá sang líntì kag napatáy. He
was struck and killed by lightning. Lintián
ikáw! May lightning strike you dead! Curse
you! A curse upon you! Líntì! Blast it! Hang
it! The dickens! The deuce (take it)! Ay,
líntì ikáw! Why, you are a damned
nuisance! Oh, líntì, naglupúk ang góma!
Oh, damn it, the tyre has burst! Indì ka
magpangyáwà kag magpanglíntì, kay
maláw-ay. Don’t curse and swear. Don’t
use so frequently the expressions "yáwà”
and "líntì”, because it is unbecoming. (cf.
kilát, pangilát, kilás; yáwà, yámat).
línti - (Sp. lente) Lens; monocle;
magnifying glass. (cf. tagosílang).
linti n {1} lens, magnifying glass.
{2} searchlight.
v {1} [b] use a magnifying glass on s.t.
Lintíhi ang mga litra arun sayun nga basáhun, Use a magnifying glass on the letters so you can easily read them.
{2} [A; b] beam with a searchlight.
Gilintíhan sa barku ang pantalan, The ship beamed a searchlight on the wharf.
{3} [A; a] make into a magnifying glass, searchlight.
lintì n lightning, thunderbolt.
v [b4] {1} be struck with a thun-derbolt.
Lintian (lintían) kunu ang táwung makigminyù ug paryinti, They say that a man who marries a relative will be struck with a thunderbolt.
{2} get severe punishment.
Kay ímung gidáut nà, lintían kang Pápa, Since you broke it, youll get hell from Dad.
{2a} [b4(1)] be in a very unpleasant situ-ation.
Nahutdan ta ug gasulína ug layù tas lungsud, nalintían na ta áni, Were out of gas and were far from town.
Now we are in trouble.
a incorrigible in behavior.
Sa piyir náay daghang mga buguy nga lintì kaáyu, There are lots of incorrigible bums at the waterfront.
With the rise of classical Greece, the soul debate evolved into the more familiar heart-versus-brain, the liver having been demoted to an accessory role. We are fortunate that this is so, for we would otherwise have been faced with Celine Dion singing "My Liver Belongs to You" and movie houses playing The Liver Is a Lonely Hunter. Every Spanish love song that contains the word corazon, which is all of them, would contain the somewhat less lilting higado, and bumper stickers would proclaim, "I [liver symbol] my Pekingese.
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