puti og lisik

Cebuano

Etymology

Literally, “having white balls (testicles)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˌtiʔ ʔoɡ liˈsik/ [puˌt̪iʔ ʔoɡ l̪iˈs̪ik]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ti‧og‧li‧sik

Adjective

putî og lisík (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜒ ᜂᜄ᜔ ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜃ᜔)

1. (idiomatic, of a person) coward, lacking guts

   Synonyms: puti og itlog, layaw og dugo, irong daog, lasaw og dugo

References

• John U. Wolff (1972), A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press