BALUS

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

bálus v {1} [A3S; b1c] do back to s.
o.
what he did to the agent.
Mibálus akug pahiyum, I smiled back at her.
Wà pa ku makabálus (makabalus) sa ímung suwat, I havent had the chance to answer your letter.
Balúsan (baslan) ku ang ímung kaáyu, I will repay your goodness.
Balúsan (baslan) ku ikaw, I will repay you.
Pagka walay igabálus mu, How ungrateful (repaying nothing) you are!
{2} [A; a] for s.t.
to happen one way and then the opposite way.
Balúsa pagtahì ang kílid, Sew the seams twice: once inverted and then the right way around.
Ang kalípay balúsan (baslan) ug kasákit, Happiness is followed by sorrow in turn.
{3} [C3] for a brother and sister to marry people that are also brothers and sisters.
n {1} thing done in return or response to s.t.
{2} person whose sibling of the opposite sex is married to a sibling of the spouse.
paniN-() v [A2; c] take vengeance on, avenge.
Panimaslan ku ang kamatáyun sa ákung igsúun, Ill avenge my brothers death.
n revenge.
pamalusbálus v [A23S; c] return a favor, repay a moral obligation.
balaslan, baslanan, pamaslan n {1} things to be done to repay a debt.
{2} days owing in the aláyun.
-in-an n plaid in design.
paN- n hind toe of a fowl which is bent backwards.
Ang langgam nga way pamálus dì makabátug, A bird that has no hind toe cannot perch.

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