DUMDUM

DUMDUM is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

dumdum v {1} [A; a12] go to a specific place for a purpose.
Nag-dumdum ku sa maisan ug naunsa na, I went to the cornfield to see what became of it.
Átung tagúan ug dumdúmun nátù unyà, Well hide it and come back for it later.
{2} [A3] go to a usual place.
Ang manuk mudumdum sa batugánan, The chicken finds its way to the roost.
Ang ákung labad sa úlu mudumdum káda palis, My headache sets in every afternoon.
{2a} [A12; a12b2] know how to go s.w.
, locate s.t.
Nakadumdum ka ba sa ámù?
Do you know your way to our house?
Dumdúmun nátù ang utlánan, Lets locate the boundary.
Dì nákù madumduman, I cannot locate it.
{2b} [A3; b(1)] show s.
o.
the way.
Dumdúmi siya dinhi, Show him how to get here.
{3} [A12] remember to do s.t.
Nakadumdum siyag hátag nákù, He remembered to give me some.
{4} [A12; a12] think s.t.
would happen.
Nákug kumidiya tu.
Wà ku magdumdum nga tinud-un níya, I thought he was joking.
I didnt think he was really going to do it.
hiN-haN-v [B1236; b(1)] remember.
Hinumdumi ang ímung sáad, Remem-ber your promise.
pahiN-pahaN- v [A; c] remind.
Pahinumdumi siya, Remind him.
n reminder.
ma-un a not forgetting easily, not needing reminders.
paN-an n mind.
Wà sa ákung panumdú-man ang ímung gisulti kanákù, I did not implant your words in my mind.
-l-un() n {1} thanksgiving celebration in the form of a nine-day prayer during the planting and harvesting season.
{2} any regularly observed religious celebration.
Dumdumun námù ang kamatáyun sa ákung inahan, We regularly observe the anniversary of my mothers death with religious services.

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