"Pisti" is a word in ILOKANO, CEBUANO
var. of PESTE.
pisti n {1} pestilence.
{2} s.
o.
or s.t.
who causes a pestilence.
Tambal bátuk sa mga pisti, Medicine against germs.
{3} strong curse expressing anger or disgust.
Pisting yáwà gikáwat ang mga búnga, God damn it to hell.
They stole the fruits.
Pisti ning kinabuhía.
Kanúnay lang way kwarta, What a goddamned life!
We never have money.
-ng yáwà n strong curse expressing anger or disgust.
v [a4] {1} be a?
ected with pestilence.
Ang ginharían nalúpig dihang gipisti ang mga ginsakpan, The kingdom was vanquished when a pestilence hit the people.
{2} go to hell.
Pistihun ka pa untà, Go to hell!
(Lit.
I hope a pestilence takes you.
)
The beauty of today may not be realised until it becomes tomorrow’s memory
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