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dawi
/dawi/
v_rt.
“prey_on”
 
v.
for an animal (e.g., a snake, a cat, a crocodile, an underwater monster) (egdawi, migdawi/indawi/pigdawi, dawi, agent, eg><ø-) to pounce and seize its smaller prey (e.g., a chicken, a mouse) (egdawiyen, indawi/migdawis/pigdawi, patient, eg><en-)
Egkaamin e ka me piyak ku su egpandawiyen te banug.
My check will almost gone seized by eagle.
Eng. pounce; prey on; attack; seize; catch prey; bite
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal actions (1.6.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for an animal (esp. a predator) (egpakarawi, nakarawi, agent, egpAkA-) to be able to catch a prey
Eng. catch prey
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 25/Jan/2019