"Ukab" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
ukáb - To turn up (a stone, etc.), to be—,
get—, come—, loose, flap up and down,
scale off, come off in scales. Ukabá ang
bató. Turn up the stone. Ginukáb níya ang
ápog sa díngding. He scraped the lime off
the wall. Ang pínta naukáb (nagkaukáb).
The paint scaled off (came off in scales).
Ang atóp ginaukáb sang hángin. The roof
(of nípà) is flapping in the wind. Ginukáb
níya ang sílyo sa sóbre. He peeled the
stamp off the envelope. (cf. tokáb, tók-yab,
óklab).
ukab v [APB; b5] {1} open with an upward or lifting motion, get opened.
Akuy miukab sa kaban, I opened the trunk.
Wà siya makaukab sa láta, He could not open the tin.
Librung nag-ukab sa lamísa, A book lying open on the table.
Ukba (iukab, ukbi) ang ímung bàbà, Open your mouth.
{2} pry s.t.
up, open.
Akuy miukab sa batu, I turned the stone over.
Dikabra ray makaukab sa mga salug nga ilisánan, Only a crowbar can pry the floorboards loose.
{3} [B126] for a part of the body, clothing to get a rip or slash.
Naukab ang íyang lapalapa kay nakatunub ug bildu, His sole got slashes in it because he stepped on glass.
n opened upwards, ripped o?
, slashed open.
ukab-úkab a s.t.
that can be opened and closed.
n the general name for bivalves.
v [B1256] be s.t.
that could be easily opened and closed.
ukban n tangerine, a loose-skinned orange that is easy to open.
v [c1] plant tangerines.
Ideas about our own self-worth are no more real than thoughts about an imaginary chair.
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