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silè
/silɔʔ/
v_rt.
“rise”

v.
for the sun or moon (egsilè, agent, eg><ø-) to rise (egsilaan, patient, eg><an-) in the east
Enew kew e su egsilè e ka aldew.
Everybody wake up because the sun is rising.
Egsilaan e te aldew ka sinabeng ku su nalukatan nahud ka me bintana diyè te seled.
The sun shines early in my bedroom because I opened the windows there inside.
Cult. The sun rises in the east, the moon rises in the west.
Ant. lineb
Eng. sunrise; dawn; rise; shine early; bright; glare
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Sun (1.1.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

n.
(igsilè te aldew) the direction where the sun rises (i.e., east)
Eng. east; eastern
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 14/Dec/2016

Links to texts

"igsile" in text "Prophecy About Future"

Links to songbook

"egsile" in song "Kene kad e sinehew"