"Lubakan" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
lubakán - (B) A mortar for the operation
of lúbak. As a rule the lubakán is smaller
than the lusóng, but similar in shape and
make-up.
lubakan n {1} a coconut palm with the defect that its nuts and fronds easily break or fall o?
.
{2} the way certain coconuts develop with a husk so thick that the nut looks very much bigger than the ordinary, but with an ordinary amount of meat.
v [B1256] for a coconut tree to get to be so that the nuts and fronds break o?
easily.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"
Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.
Read the complete definitionansyás-ánsyas - Dim. of ánsyas. Ginaansyás-ánsyas níya ang pagbáton siníng dúlot ápang sa pagkamatúod nagawíli siá gid sinâ. He declines …
Read the complete definitionPossessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
Read the complete definitionAn unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.
Read the complete definition= -UM-+ LETTAW.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being deluded or misled.
Read the complete definitionThe act of mixing; mixture.
Read the complete definitionTo strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
Read the complete definitionTo advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
Read the complete definitionA group which includes the typical Isopoda.
Read the complete definitionProducing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic.
Read the complete definitionThe pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Read the complete definitionof Fray
Read the complete definitionmarabya = murabya.
Read the complete definitionThe european dragonet. See Dragonet.
Read the complete definitionRelating to, or situated at, the base.
Read the complete definitionKawayan - bamboo
Read the complete definitionTo endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
Read the complete definitionhapà v [A; b6(1)] throw oneself onto ones stomach. Mihapà siya sa tiilan sa hárì, He prostrated himself at the …
Read the complete definitionFr. An obsolete term for an attorney who pleaded the cause of hls client; an advocate
Read the complete definition