imburnal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish imbornal (drainage hole of a ship), with semantic shift to sewer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔimbuɾˈnal/ [ʔɪm.bʊɾ̪ˈn̪al̪]
  • IPA(key): /ʔimˈbuɾnal/ [ʔɪmˈbuɾ̪.n̪ɐl̪]
  • Hyphenation: im‧bur‧nal

Noun

imburnál

  1. sewer; sewage pipe
  2. manhole
    Pagbantay sunod, kay hapit ka nahulog sa imburnal
    Watch it next time, because you almost fell in the manhole.
  3. (offensive) person with bad breath

Adjective

imburnal

  1. (offensive) having a bad breath
    Sirad-i nang baba nimo na baho'g imburnal, manimaho 'nya ta diri
    Close your mouth that smells like a manhole, or else it will stink here.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔimbuɾˈnal/ [ʔɪm.bʊɾˈn̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: im‧bur‧nal

Noun

imburnál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. alternative form of embornal