BALITA
BALITA is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
balità n {1} news.
{2} bad omen, esp.
portending death.
{2a} oath: it is true (lit.
may it be a bad omen).
dakù nga sensa-tional news.
v {1} [A; c] tell news.
Ikaguul mu kining ákung ibalità, You will feel sad about the news that Im going to tell you.
{1a} [A12] receive news.
Nakabalità ka nga minyù na ku?
Have you heard that Im married now?
{2} [A13; b(1)] appear as a bad omen.
Nagbalità si Pidru kay sa walà pa mi masáyud sa íyang kamatáyun dihay nagpat-akpat-ak nga dugù sa salug, Pe-dro appeared to us with a bad omen, because before we learned of his death, we saw spots of blood on the floor.
{2} bad omen, esp.
portending death.
{2a} oath: it is true (lit.
may it be a bad omen).
dakù nga sensa-tional news.
v {1} [A; c] tell news.
Ikaguul mu kining ákung ibalità, You will feel sad about the news that Im going to tell you.
{1a} [A12] receive news.
Nakabalità ka nga minyù na ku?
Have you heard that Im married now?
{2} [A13; b(1)] appear as a bad omen.
Nagbalità si Pidru kay sa walà pa mi masáyud sa íyang kamatáyun dihay nagpat-akpat-ak nga dugù sa salug, Pe-dro appeared to us with a bad omen, because before we learned of his death, we saw spots of blood on the floor.