"Ukyab" is a word in CEBUANO
ukyab v {1} [A23P] be suddenly excited or startled.
Miukyab ang ákung ginhawaan sa pagkahibalu nga may dakung hs nga nakasulud, I was startled to know that a big snake had entered the house.
{1a} [A23] make an uproar due to excitement and thrill.
Miukyab ang mga táwu pagpangatáwa pagkakità nílang Dulpi nga nagbinabayi, The people laughed uproariously when they saw Dolphy dressed as a woman.
{2} [B26; b3] leave hur-riedly in fright.
Miukyab (naukyab) ang mga langgam pagkakità námù, The flock of birds flew away upon seeing us.
a {1} talking in an upsetting, overly-frightened way.
Hápit na kunu matápus ang kalibútan, png pa sa mga táwung ukyab kaáyung manulti, The people who are nervously apprehensive say the world is go-ing to end.
{2} easily stirred into doing s.t.
Ukyab kaáyu nang mga tawhána kay dalì ra kaáyung patuúhun, Those people are easily stirred up because its easy to lead them to believe.
pa-v {1} [A; b6(1)] cause excitement or thrill.
Ang íyang pagsulti nga ubsirbahan ang tanang klási nakapaukyab sa mga maistru, He got the teachers nervous by telling them that their classes would be observed.
{2} [A; a12] flush a bird from hiding.
Akuy mupaukyab sa buntug.
Listus pagtíru, I will flush out the quail.
Be ready to shoot.
n thrill, s.t.
causing excitement.
Punù sa mga paukyab ang isturyang ditiktib, A detective story is full of suspenseful episodes.
ma-un a suspenseful.
When Sweetu wasn’t being reduced to merely existing as a bride, as a piece of meat to be handled and prodded, to have decorative contraptions stuck into her skull, her interests were otherwise unexpressed. She rarely complained, hardly asked for anything, and maybe that’s because Indian girls grow up going to weddings and we watch the procedure and we know our roles: be demure, don’t complain, cry but don’t scream, get tea for anyone older than you, and calmly meet expectations.
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