DAHAY
DAHAY is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
dahay n sighs, bewailing of misfortune.
v [A; b3] moan, bewail ones misfortune.
Midahay siya sa dautan níyang gidangátan, She sighed mournfully over her misfortune.
Dílì angayang da-hayan ang ímung kakabus, Its not right to bewail your poverty.
{2} [A13] behave for no good reason in an unusually jolly, high-spirited manner, laughing gaily and easily.
Such behavior is believed to portend s.t.
bad for whoever engages in it.
Ngá-nung nagdahay man mu bísag nagngíub ning kalibútan?
Why are you boisterously mirthful with such gloomy weather?
v [A; b3] moan, bewail ones misfortune.
Midahay siya sa dautan níyang gidangátan, She sighed mournfully over her misfortune.
Dílì angayang da-hayan ang ímung kakabus, Its not right to bewail your poverty.
{2} [A13] behave for no good reason in an unusually jolly, high-spirited manner, laughing gaily and easily.
Such behavior is believed to portend s.t.
bad for whoever engages in it.
Ngá-nung nagdahay man mu bísag nagngíub ning kalibútan?
Why are you boisterously mirthful with such gloomy weather?