Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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ulat
/ʔulat/
“stay_sick”
 
vi.
for someone (egkeulat, neulat, actor, egkA><ø-) to get sick again (having just recovered)
Eng. recur; get sick again; sick again
DDP: Sick (2.5.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for something e.g., food (egpekeulat, nekeulat, theme, egpAkA-) to cause someone to get sick again
Eng. get sick again; sick again
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
vt.
for the family (eg-uulat, mig-uulat/in-uula, uula, agent, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to assist the dying person to die quickly (eg-ulaten, in-uulat/mig-uulat/pig-uulat, patient, eg><en-)
cf. telukUsing smoke from certain burning herbs to assist the death.
Eng. euthenasia; assisted death; kill dying person
DDP: Kill (2.6.6.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for a bad spirit (egpangulat, impangulat/migpangulat, pangulat, agent, eg><ø-paN-) to assist the dying person to die quickly
Cult. Matigsalug believe that there's a bad spirits that assist a dying person to die quickly because according to the man who has a third eye or has a leading spirit that when the person died the bad spirits slaughtered the dead and each bad spirit has a share. And the spirit who assisted to the person to die will be the owner of the head of the dead as their share. Head is an important part of the dead person that every bad spirit wanted this part as a share accordingly.
Eng. euthenasia; assisted death; kill dying person
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 11/Feb/2010