Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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helut
/hɔlut/
Var.1: elut
v_rt.
“suck_in”
 
v.
for a person or animal (eggelut/eg-elut, miggelut/mig-elut/inggelut/in-elut, gelut/elut, agent, eg><ø-) to eat by sucking food (e.g. small seeds or powder) (eggeluten/eg-eluten, inggelut/in-elut/miggelut/mig-elut/piggelut/pig-elut, geluta/eluta, theme, eg><en-) into their mouth (e.g. small seeds or powder for a human, or birds for a large snake) or nose
Eggeluten pad iya mulè ka nguweg din ne egtawin-tawin e.
He sucks in his nasal mucus even it is bursting out.
Ant. hiyup
Eng. suck in; inhale; sniff; sniffle
DDP: Mouth (2.1.1.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
vi.
for food and tiny insects (egkeelut, egke:lut/egke-elut, neelut, ne:lut/ne-elut, mekeelut, me:lut/me-elut, neelut, ne:lut/ne-elut, patient, egkA><ø-) to be sucked in by a person or animal
Eng. suck; vacuum; inhale
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for a person or animal (egpanggelut/egpang-elut, impanggelut/impang-elut/migpanggelut/migpang-elut, panggelut/pang-elut, agent, egpaN-) to always eat by sucking food (egpanggeluten/egpang-eluten, impanggelut/impang-elut/migpanggelut/migpang-elut/pigpanggelut/pigpang-elut, panggeluta/pang-elut, location, egpaN-en) into their mouth
Eng. suck; vacuum; inhale
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
adj.
(kehelut/ke-elut, kA-) accidentally sucked in (of food)
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
adj.
(meelut, me:lut/me-elut, mA1-) easily sucked in (of food)
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 29/Jul/2014