ABANG

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

ábang v {1} [A2S; b] rent.
Ang usa ka kwartu giabángan sa tigúlang, The old man rents one of the rooms.
{2} [b] hire a prostitute.
{3} [A2; c] make an o?
ering to a supernatural be-ing for the use of land which is thought to be in his possession.
Iábang ni nákung baktína álang sa uma, I will sacrifice this pig as rental for the land.
n {1} rent paid.
Pilay ábang nímu sa libru?
How much rent did you pay for the book?
{2} money paid a prostitute.
{3} toil taken by supernatural beings.
Kad-tung nalumus dinhi ábang kunu tu sa ingkantu, The man who drowned here is said to have been the rent collected by the su-pernatural spirit.
paN- v [A2] patronize a prostitute.
-an() 1, 2, 3 = ábang, n.
{4} haunted place, place where departed spirits take a toll or rent.
Abangan kunu kanang baláya.
Náa giyuy mamatay káda túig, That house is haunted (lit.
has a rental on it).
Each year s.
o.
dies there.
abangan n k.
o.
rattan used as anchor rope for a búbu fish trap.

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