HUYUP

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

huyup v {1} [A; a] blow air.
Tugnaw basta muhuyup ang amíhan, Its cold when the northeast wind blows.
Huypa ang ákung samad, Blow on my wound.
{2} [A3; a2] blow s.t.
away.
Gihuyup sa hángin ang mga papílis, The wind blew the papers away.
Gihuypan níya ang libru sa abug, He blew the dust o?
the books.
{3} [A2; a] treat an ailment by huyup.
n {1} action of blowing.
{2} folk treatment of illness whereby the doctor whis-pers magical words on the ailing portion of the body and blows softly on it three times.
() n a childrens game of blowing rubber bands with the mouth.
v [AC; a] play this game.
huypanay = húyup.

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