"Ukyu" is a word in CEBUANO
ukyù v [A2P; b(1)] shrink back into a hole or a place of hiding.
Miukyù ang kágang dihang íyang gikúhit, The land crab shrunk back to the hole when he poked it with a stick.
ukyut a {1} tapered, tapering.
Ukyut ang tumuy sa lápis, The tip of the pencil is tapered.
{2} body or form having irregularly shaped surfaces or sides.
Ukyut ang pabúrut níya, His balloon has an irregular form.
n the part of a body or form that has sunk or depressed.
Anhà putla sa ukyut ang lubi, Cut the coconut tree on the part of the trunk that is narrow.
v [B; c1] for part of a body or form to become depressed or irregularly shaped due to depressions, become tapered.
n sweepstakes (humorous).
Hanna reached for Margaret's hand, knowing nothing she could say would bring comfort. Margaret would never see her grandmother again. Nor would Hanna see her Oma, who had wept when Hanna boarded the ship for America, waving goodbye for the last time. Only the elderly and frail were left behind. And letters from home were not the same as a warm laugh or a cup of tea shared on a cold day.
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