AGPAS

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

agpas v [A; a12b2] {1} go after s.
o.
to catch up with him.
Ag-pása, kay wà tu siya kabayad, Go after him.
He hasnt paid.
{2} meet a sellers o?
er.
Dì pud ku muagpas ug baynti ánang sapatúsa, I would not even give you twenty for those shoes.
{3} catch up in time.
Dì na nákù maagpas ang trabáhu, taudtaud na kung naabsin, I cant catch up with the work.
Ive been absent too long.
{4} be after, interested in obtaining s.t.
Kwarta lay íyang giagpas, All shes after is money.
{5} [A12; b5] {a} catch a meaning.
Wà siya kaagpas sa lísu, He didnt catch the joke.
{b} know the cause or defect.
Wà ku kaagpas unsay dipiktu íning mutúra, I cant figure out what is wrong with this motor-cycle.
{6} [AN; c] think of s.t.
to say.
Walà nay ikapangagpas (ikaagpas) ang dalága sa pagpamalíbad, The girl could think of no more excuses for refusing him.
n highest price o?
ered in buying s.t.
Pila man giyuy agpas mu?
What is the highest price you o?
er?
pa- v [A; c] say s.t.
additional as an afterthought.
Mipaagpas siyag túgun sa paglakaw nákù, He called after me to ask me to do s.t.
for him as I was leaving.
paN- v [A] {1} go after s.t.
and take advantage of it in time.
Mangagpas ta sa higayun samtang barátu pa, Lets take advantage of the oppor-tunity while it is still cheap.
{2} figure s.t.
out.
May nangagpas nga láin siyag túyù, S.
o.
figured out that he had evil intentions.
n {1} interpretation of a situation.
{2} a second planting to replace seeds that did not do well.
Namatay ang ubang tanum.
Pangagpas ning tanúma, Some of the plants died.
This planting is to replace them.

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