balus
BALUS is a word in Cebuano with its meaning in English.
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.