KUNUL
KUNUL is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
kunul v {1} [B24] fail to ripen or to grow.
Mikunul ang mga lubi nga tinanum nga naatul sa huwaw, Our coconuts didnt grow because they were planted during the dry season.
{2} hardened because of failure to ripen.
Mikunul ang ságing kay ahat, The bananas failed to ripen and just hardened because they were picked too soon.
{2a} [B] become hardened, calloused from abuse.
Nakunul na lang giyud ang bátà sa pagbinúnal nímu, The child has gotten hardened because youve punished him so much.
{2b} [A23] be stubborn, uninterested in obeying orders.
Mukunul na lang nang batáag sugúun.
Dílì muirug sa íyang nahimutangan, That child is just stubborn when you tell him to do s.t.
He wont move from his place.
{3} [A23] give a dull knock when s.t.
hits.
Mikunul ang lápuk nga miigù sa sín, The mud went thunk as it hit the galvanized iron sheets.
a {1} hardened from failure to ripen.
{2} hardened.
{3} ug úlu stubborn.
{4} for s.t.
to lack the hardness needed to give bounce to things that hit it.
Ang nipis playwud kunul kaáyu untúlan sa búla, If a ball is hit against thin plywood, it wont bounce well.
-un a of a hard, shrivelled-up sort.
Mikunul ang mga lubi nga tinanum nga naatul sa huwaw, Our coconuts didnt grow because they were planted during the dry season.
{2} hardened because of failure to ripen.
Mikunul ang ságing kay ahat, The bananas failed to ripen and just hardened because they were picked too soon.
{2a} [B] become hardened, calloused from abuse.
Nakunul na lang giyud ang bátà sa pagbinúnal nímu, The child has gotten hardened because youve punished him so much.
{2b} [A23] be stubborn, uninterested in obeying orders.
Mukunul na lang nang batáag sugúun.
Dílì muirug sa íyang nahimutangan, That child is just stubborn when you tell him to do s.t.
He wont move from his place.
{3} [A23] give a dull knock when s.t.
hits.
Mikunul ang lápuk nga miigù sa sín, The mud went thunk as it hit the galvanized iron sheets.
a {1} hardened from failure to ripen.
{2} hardened.
{3} ug úlu stubborn.
{4} for s.t.
to lack the hardness needed to give bounce to things that hit it.
Ang nipis playwud kunul kaáyu untúlan sa búla, If a ball is hit against thin plywood, it wont bounce well.
-un a of a hard, shrivelled-up sort.