TAKBUY
TAKBUY is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
takbuy v {1} [A; b] hug, cling closely in order not to fall.
Mi-takbuy ang tikì sa bukubuku sa manananggut, The gecko clung tightly to the toddy gatherers back.
Nakatakbuy ang anak sa láwas sa inahan dihang midugdug, The child clung to his mother when it thundered.
{2} [A2; b4] infect with a disease.
Tíbi ang mitakbuy níya, He contracted T.
B.
{3} [A23P; b(1)] stay with s.
o.
, usually as a dependent.
Siyay ákung gitakbúyan ug dúgay kay kwartáhan man, I stayed long at her house because she was wealthy.
Mi-takbuy ang tikì sa bukubuku sa manananggut, The gecko clung tightly to the toddy gatherers back.
Nakatakbuy ang anak sa láwas sa inahan dihang midugdug, The child clung to his mother when it thundered.
{2} [A2; b4] infect with a disease.
Tíbi ang mitakbuy níya, He contracted T.
B.
{3} [A23P; b(1)] stay with s.
o.
, usually as a dependent.
Siyay ákung gitakbúyan ug dúgay kay kwartáhan man, I stayed long at her house because she was wealthy.