"Puphu" is a word in CEBUANO
puphu v {2a} [A12; a3] acquire, get s.t.
exclusively of the sort several people would normally share.
Ang bugtung anak mauy nakapuphu sa pagkabutangs tigúlang, The only son inherited the old mans estate.
puphu v {1} [AN; a] scoop up with the hands.
Siyay mipu-phu (namuphu) sa bugas nga naúsik, She scooped up the rice that spilled.
Magpuphu ku sa mga sagbut nga ákung sinilhig, Ill pick up the trash that I swept.
{2} [A12; a3] gather infor-mation, earnings.
Nakapuphu ang pulis ug dúgang kasayúran báhin sa túlis, The police have gathered additional information on the robbery.
Íyang napuphu ang íyang minilyun gíkan sa íyang patigáyun sa trúsu, He earned his millions from his log-ging business.
{3} [A; a12] annihilate, wipe out of existence en masse.
Sakit mauy mipuphu sa tanang pumupúyù, Pestilence wiped out the whole population.
puphuay = bùbuay, see bùbù.
see also paluphu.
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
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A squad car driver was covering a quiet beat out in the sticks when he was amazed to find a former lieutenant on the police force covering the beat.He stopped the car and asked, "Why, Irish Mike, this wouldn't be your new beat out here in the sticks, would it?""That it is, "Irish Mike replied grimly, "ever since I arrested the judge on his way to the masquerade ball.""You mean you pinched his honor?" asked Pat."How was I to know that his convict suit was only a costume?" demanded Mike."Well," mused Pat, "there's a lesson in this somewhere.""That there is," replied Irish Mike...." 'Tis wise never to book a judge by his cover."
palungpung n toddy container made of a bamboo tube, two or three nodes long, with no handle. v [A; a2] …
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