Matigsalug Manobo Student Dictionary

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labor
/lay-bər/
 
vi.
 
1.
Def.: egtrabahu
MS: egtrabahu
If you labor, you do hard work, especially physical work.
They labored hard to finish the house before the wet season.
My brother labors at the rice mill.
 
n-uc.

 
2.
Def.: trabahu; himu
MS: trabahu; himu
work, especially work for payment.
My friend fixed my bike, so I didn't pay for labor.
 
n-uc.

 
3.
Def.: lesutan
MS: lesutan
the painful time when a pregnant woman gives birth (in labor).
She went into labor at around midnight, and the baby was born the next morning.
Sem.Dom.: AWL1
Status: ready


Last updated: 24/Mar/2012