"Lyabi" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
lyábi - Key. See liábe.
m, The letter "M” in Visayan is pronounced
as in English. The letter "M” is one of the
labials b, p, m, and as it is the easiest to
pronounce, it often takes the place of the
other two:
1) after the prefixes pan-, man-, magapan-,
etc. But note that the final "n” of these
prefixes is dropt, e.g. pamulúng (pan-,
bulúng); pamúlong (pan-, púlong), etc.
etc.
2) after the prefixes hi- and ha-, e.g.
himungá (hi—, búnga); himúlbul (hi—,
búlbul); hamulák (ha—, búlak); hámtang
(ha—, butáng), etc. etc.
lyábi = yábi.
-ra, -ru = yabíra, yabíru.
lyábi n {1} lock in judo or wrestling.
{2} in Jai-alai, where one bets as to who comes out first and second place out of six players, bet twice: once that those numbers come out first and second place, respectively (e.
g.
1 first place and 5 second place), and once that the same numbers come out in reverse order (i.
e.
5 first place and 1 second place).
Thus, one avoids betting on the right combination in the wrong order.
v {1} [A; b4] get a lock on s.
o.
{2} [A13; c1] make a bet a lyábi.
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