uyab

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: u‧yab
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈjab/, [ʔʊˈjab]

Noun

uyáb

1. boyfriend; girlfriend; lover

   Synonyms: (dated, sense "girlfriend") atab, trato

Verb

uyáb

1. to be someone's lover, significant other, boyfriend or girlfriend; to be in a romantic relationship

   Synonym: trato

2. to date

   Synonym: trato

3. to court a man or woman

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: u‧yab
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔujab/, [ˈʔu.jʌb]

Verb

uyab

1. to wash fish, meat, etc. using clean water

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:uyab.

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 351
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press