DIYUT

DIYUT is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

diyut n small in size.
Diyut nga bátà, A tiny child.
n half-centavo coin.
way penniless.
makadiyut, makariyut {1} to be done for a short time.
Makadiyut lang ku ngadtu, I will just go there.
{2} was done for a short time.
Makadiyut lang kung niadtu, I just went there for a short time.
ka-, kariyut {1} = makadiyut.
{2} done a second ago.
Kadiyut (kariyut) lang siya nga nanáug, He just left a second ago.
naka-, nakariyut = makadiyut, 2.
() = diyut.
n tag-(), maN-() coin worth half a centavo.
diyutdiyut v [A13; b(1)] do s.t.
many times at small intervals.
Nagdiyutdiyut siyag pangíhì, He keeps urinating every few minutes.
Gidiyutdiyutan ku níyag pangáyug ámut, He kept asking me for a contribution every few days.
-ay() a {1} few, small in amount.
Diyútayng kwarta, Little money.
{2} small in size.
Diyútayng bátà, A small child.
v [B12; a2] get to be little, make s.t.
little.
Diyutáya ang asin, Just use a little salt.
Nagkadiyutay na ang túbig, The water is getting to be less and less.
paka-ay() v [a12] consider s.t.
little in amount.
Gipakadiyútay ba nímu ang usa ka galun?
Do you consider a gallon to be a small amount?
diriyut, dariyut [subjunctive verb] {1} [so-and-so] almost happened.
Diriyut ku hiligsi, I was almost run over.
{2} s.t.
of little importance.
Diriyut lang tung ílang gikaawáyan, They quarrelled over nothing.
tagdiyútay = tagidiyut.
-g-a small (plural).
Umúla sa digyut nga búla, Form it into small balls.
v [A; a] divide s.t.
into small shares.
-um-g-, dumaligyut a tending to run small.
Dumigyut (dumaligyut) ang ílang kalíwat, Their family tends to be small in stature.
tagi- a in small amounts at a time.
v [A; abc] [do] a little at a time.
Tagidiyútag palit, Buy it little at a time.
Tagidiyúti ug sábud ang mga manuk, Feed the chickens a little at a time.
Itagidiyut kini ug timpla, Mix it in a little at a time.
tinagi-= tagidiyut.

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