kubir
KUBIR is a word in Cebuano with its meaning in English.
kúbir n {1} cover. Kúbir sa magasin, Magazine cover. {2} amount charged per setting in a dinner party at a restaurant. Tagsingku písus ang kúbir sa parti, The party will be five pesos per person. v {1} [A; b6(1)] cover s.t. Kubíri ang libru, Put a cover on the book. {2} [A; a] take cover, shelter. Mukúbir ta ánang batu inigpinusílay, Lets take cover behind that rock when the firing starts. {2a} [A; b] cover up for s.t. Bisag unsay íyang buhátun kubíran dáyun sa inahan arun dì hibaw-an sa amahan, Whatever he does his mother will cover it up, so the father wont find out. {2b} [A; b] shield s. o. in a ball game. Kubíri ku samtang magdríbul ku, Cover me while I dribble. {3} [a3] be put on a magazine cover. Makúbir si Imilda sa Layip, Imelda will be on the cover of Life. {4} [A] give s.t. news or radio-TV coverage. Ang istasiyun sa radyu diway-ar-ip mauy nikúbir sa dakung súnug sa dálan kulun, Station DYRF covered the big fire on Colon Street. kubirkúbir v [A13] walà, dílì be direct, keep nothing concealed where propriety would require the opposite. Wà siya magkubirkúbir sa íyang pagkadisgrasyáda, She made no bones about not being a virgin. way frank, without concealing anything (when one should). kubirta = kubyirta.