"Pulus" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
pulús - All without exception, one and all,
every one of them. Iníng mga páhò pulús
gid mga maáyo. These mangoes are all
good, there is not a bad one amongst them.
Ang mga pumulúyò sang ámon bánwa
pulús mga katóliko. The inhabitants of our
town are all (All the people in our town are)
Catholics without exception. Pulusá lang
ísdà ang súd-an ta karón sa panyága.
Serve only fish as a side-dish for our
dinner. (cf. tanán, pasáy).
púlus - Fez, turban, cap, cover for the
head; to wind round, cover (the head). (cf.
tútub, tutúb, kálò).
pulús, Advantage, benefit, profit, gain,
use, usefulness, service, help, stead, avail;
value, worth, efficacy; to be of use, be
profitable, advantageous, useful. May
pulús pa inâ. That is quite useful still. Walâ
sing pulús iní. This is no good, is of no use.
Indì na ikáw makapulús sinâ. Indì mo na
mapúslan inâ. You can no longer get any
advantage out of that. That is of no avail
(no good) to you any more. Ginpúslan níya
sing dakû ang amó nga kahigayónan. He
made very good use of the occasion. He
took advantage of the occasion. He profited
by the opportunity. (cf. himulús).
pulus v [A1; b8] be of use, do.
Kining kahúya dílì magpu-lus sa halígi, This piece of wood will not do for a post.
Láing táwu ang makapulus sa kwarta, S.
o.
else can make use of the money.
Kining likì nga tadyaw dì na kapuslan, This jar is of no use any more because it is cracked.
walay there is no use, benefit.
Wà na nay pús.
Ilábay nà, That is no good any more.
Throw it away.
pahiN- v {1} [A; b6] make use of.
Pahimusli (pahimudsi) ang mga taknà sa pagbása, Make use of the hours by reading.
{2} [A; b6] take advantage of.
Dílì ku mupahimulus sa kahúyang sa uban, I will not take advantage of others weak-nesses.
Pahimudsi ang tanyag, Take advantage of the o?
er.
{3} [A; b(1)] take advantage of a woman sexually.
Gipahimuslan ang íyang pagkababáyi samtang gikuyapan siya, She was mo-lested while she was unconscious.
puslan (pudsan) man inas-much as [so-and-so] has happened, [such-and-such] might just as well happen, too.
Puslan (pudsan) man nga nahumud ku maáyu pa ug malígù, Now that I got wet, I might as well go in all the way (i.
e.
, since I started it, I might as well go the whole hog).
kapuslánan n use or benefit that can be gotten from s.t.
Unsa may kapuslánan ánang ímung paglakwatsa?
What good is it for you to roam about?
mahimuslánun, mapahimuslánun a inclined to avail oneself of any opportunity that comes ones way.
mapuslánun, mapudsánun a useful.
v [A13] be useful.
Ihátag nà nákù kay magmapuslánun (magmapudsánun) ra gihápun nà, Give it to me because it is still of use.
pulus, púlus (not without l) be all s.t.
Pulus babáyi mi dinhi, We are all women here.
Pulus ka lang balíbad dà, You always say no.
Pulus dáan ang ákung libru, My books are all old.
v [B1256; c16] be covered all over with, be all full of s.t.
of one kind.
Napulus patik ang buktun sa prísu, The prisoners arms are all covered with tattoos.
You can almost always find something in common with another person, and from there, it's much easier to address issues where you have differences. Sports cut across boundaries of race and wealth. And if nothing else, we all have the weather in common.
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