"Punpun" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
púnpun - To gather, collect, shake
together into a heap and take up (said of
rice spread on mats to dry, of clothes hung
on a line or spread in the sun or the like).
Punpuná ang humáy. Put the rice together,
gather the rice. (cf. pínpin, típon).
punpun v {1} [A; a12] gather powder, grains into a heap by scooping them together with the hands.
Punpúna ang ímung giníuk humay sa taliw sa banig, Pile the rice you threshed in the center of the mat.
{2} [A3; a12] compile, collect.
Gipunpun ang tanang mananáug nga sugilánun sa usa ka bulyum, All the winning entries of stories were compiled in one volume.
{2a} [B; a12] accumulate, pile up.
Ug sa matag adlaw nga milabay láing kahásul ang mipunpun dihà sa íyang kaisípan, And each day that passed another worry accumulated in her mind.
{3} [A; c1] in weeding, knock o?
the soil and heap up the weeds for disposal.
Mamunpun (mupunpun) ku sa ímung ginúna, I will knock the soil o?
the weeds you pulled up and heap them at the side.
n {1} pile of s.t.
powdered or in grains.
{2} compilation.
{3} accumulation.
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