Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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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

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Noun

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imburnál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of embornal