"Tuktur" is a word in CEBUANO
tuktur n k.
o.
bird, a night jar, which flies after dusk, the eggs of which are the source of the tagulílung charm: Eurostopodus macrotis.
The name derives from its call: trrk-trrk.
tuku n prop stick or post.
v [A; b] prop up with a pole or post.
Magtuku mi sa báy nga naghirig, We are going to prop up the house which is leaning.
Tukhi ang hayhayan arun dì magtuntun, Prop up the clothesline so it doesnt sag.
paN- v {1} [A2] for a girl to push her partner at arms length in dancing.
Maáyu si Tirya nga baylíhan kay dílì manuku, Its nice to dance with Terry because she does not keep you at arms length.
{2} [A3] be hesitant to do s.t.
mainly due to rules of propriety.
Nagpanuku ang nubyu paghaluk sa nubya, The groom was hesitant to kiss the bride.
The Cunning Little Vixen, in which a fox is caught by a hunter and kept in a farmyard with the other animals. He keeps her because he loves her, despite the fact she is destructive, and there is a value for her too in his attention, though its consequence is her captivity. But her nature drives her to seek the wild, and one day she escapes the farmyard and finds her way back into the forest; but instead of feeling liberated she is terrified, for having lived in the farmyard most of her life she has forgotten how to be free.
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