SINSILYU
SINSILYU is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
sinsilyu n {1} small change.
Wà kuy sinsilyu diri, I dont have any change on me.
wà kuy humorous way of answering a com-pliment (implying one has no money to pay the person for his flattery).
{2} change given back for a bill.
Dúna kay sinsilyu áring písus?
Do you have change for this peso?
{3} washer.
{3a} metal rings found inside the hub of wheels.
v {1} [A; b(1)] give change or break s.t.
into change.
Makasinsilyu ka áring singkuhun?
Can you change this five peso bill?
Wà ku nímu sinsilyúhi (sinsilyúi), You havent given me my change!
{2} [B1256] be broken into fragments.
Nasinsilyu ang básu nga natambug sa simintu, The glass was broken to pieces when it fell onto the concrete.
pa- v [A] have children (humorous).
Agad pay tibuuk, nagpasinsíyu giyud, You were doing o.
k.
single (lit.
a whole bill).
What did you have to go and have children for (lit.
make yourself into small change)?
Wà kuy sinsilyu diri, I dont have any change on me.
wà kuy humorous way of answering a com-pliment (implying one has no money to pay the person for his flattery).
{2} change given back for a bill.
Dúna kay sinsilyu áring písus?
Do you have change for this peso?
{3} washer.
{3a} metal rings found inside the hub of wheels.
v {1} [A; b(1)] give change or break s.t.
into change.
Makasinsilyu ka áring singkuhun?
Can you change this five peso bill?
Wà ku nímu sinsilyúhi (sinsilyúi), You havent given me my change!
{2} [B1256] be broken into fragments.
Nasinsilyu ang básu nga natambug sa simintu, The glass was broken to pieces when it fell onto the concrete.
pa- v [A] have children (humorous).
Agad pay tibuuk, nagpasinsíyu giyud, You were doing o.
k.
single (lit.
a whole bill).
What did you have to go and have children for (lit.
make yourself into small change)?