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pukan
/pukan/
v_rt.
“bad_fate”
 
1.
v.
for something (egkapukan, actor, egkA><ø-) to fall out of a tree
Migkahiyan ku sikeykew Segan, "Kenè ka egbebaley due te lebut te balitì su egkapukan ka sugpang te balitì ne nahangu."
 
2.
v.
for something, especially a leader (egkapukan, actor, egkA><ø-) to have no power (as in a tree without any branches)
Eng. defeated
Online dict status: -
Usage level: L
 
v.
(napukanan, nA><an-) to return from a journey because the sound of a falling tree signalled bad fate
Eng. bad fate; bad omen
Online dict status: -
Usage level: L

Updated by: RJH,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 10/Mar/2014