BAN-UK

BAN-UK is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

ban-uk n sickness caused by a spirit of the woods (banwaá-nun) which intrudes sand, feathers, and hairs into the body.
The sickness results from bathing in streams or bathing any-where on Tuesdays and Fridays or may be on the instigation of a sorcerer.
The symptoms are stomach pain followed by intense itchy rashes.
The cure is túub.
v [A; a4b4] cause to get ban-uk.
ban-uk a {1} lush, plentiful in growth.
Ban-uk kaáyu ang sagbut sa ákung pilapilan, Weeds are growing lush in my rice field.
{2} for a mass to be well-packed.
Pwirting ban-úka sa baráha sa kahun.
Maglisud ta paghulbut ug usa, The cards are very tightly packed into the box.
Well have a hard time taking one.
v {1} [B26; c1] get packed in tight.
{2} [B; aPb] become lush.
Nagkaban-uk ang buhuk ni Bal nga nagkadakù, Bals hair is becoming thicker as he is growing bigger.

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