Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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luya1
/luya/
v_rt.
“give_to_datu”
 
v.
for someone (egpanluya, agent, eg><ø-paN-) to give a gift, especially a pig, to a datù (egpanluyaan, egpanluya:n, location, eg><an-) in order to request his assistance in solving a problem, usually for him to sacrifice in order to get rid of something bad the person has done
O. Syn. kalè
O. Syn. basag
O. Syn. bahu
Eng. give to datu; request assistance of datu
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009