HIGDA

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

higdà v {1} [A; b6(1)] lie down.
Kanang katri mauy higdái, Lie down on that bed.
{2} spend the night.
Adtu ku muhigdà sa hutil, Ill stay in the hotel.
{2a} [b6] stay s.w.
to comply with a social obligation.
Higdáan ku sad sila arun way máhay, Ill also stay a night at their house, so there will be no recrim-inations.
{3} [a12] put s.t.
down in a lying position.
Átung higdáun (pahigdáun) ang pusti kay átung sipilyáhan, Well lay the post down because we have to plane it.
{4} [A13] sa banig be bedridden.
Usa na ka búlan karun nga naghigdà siya sa banig, She has been bedridden for one month.
{5} [A13] sa bahandì live on a luxurious, wealthy scale.
{6} [A12] lang ug magdaut work so hard that one barely rests (lit.
lie down only when sick).
Muhigdà lang ug magdaut nang tawhána tungud sa kakusug sa íyang nigusyu, That mans business is so good that he barely has time to rest.
{7} [A13] nga magkaun (nagkaun) have sexual intercourse (humorous).
Basta maghigdà gánì nga magkaun, mumabdus giyud, If you make love, of course youll get pregnant.
-ánan n bed, bedroom.

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