English Language & Usage Asked on January 13, 2021
I don’t know if such a word exists in the English language. In the Bisaya language of the Visayas region in the Philippines where I belong, there is a verb that describes exactly that. I can’t find the English translation of it. I can’t even spell it correctly which means I can’t find it in the Bisaya dictionary. I don’t even know the root word of it is. The word is “moyboy” or “boyboy” or whatever. It’s used like this:
Person A: “Gipa-eskwela tikaw. Ako gabayad sa imohang mga tuition.
Unya dili ko nimo togtan pahulam og kwarta?
- I took you to school. I
paid all your tuitions and you wouldn’t let me borrow money?Person B: “Ayaw ko boyboyi.
- Don’t __ me
Namoyboy si Person A ni Person B
- Person A is “doing the action on”
Person BMamoyboy si Person A kung dili pahulmon og kwarta.
- Person A “does the
action” each time he borrows money.
So if there’s an actual word that is similar in English, I’d like to know what it is. 🙂
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