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Agkey
/ʔagkɔy/
prop_n.
“a_spirit”
 
prop_n.
a spirit which enters women and encourages them to chase men – an unnatural practice
Ka Agkey iyan ka amana ne egpangabid.
The Agkey spirit really wants to have intercourse.
Eng. spirit variety; spirit of adultery; adulterous spirit; lustful spirit; evil spirit; demon
DDP: Soul, spirit (3.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RN
 
v.
for a woman or girl (eg-agkayen, in-agkey/mig-agkey/pig-agkey, agkaya, patient, eg><en-) to be possessed by the Agkey spirit which then encourages her to chase men
Ka agkayen iyan ka lelet-uhen, egpeiyut-iyut, bastusan wey egpabayad te lawa.
Agkayen ne malitan si Palang su egpnlupug e te me lukes ne eglihad te baley ra.
Palang is possessed by the Agkey spirit, because she is keeping chasing men that passed in their house.
Eng. possessed; prostitute; loose woman; immoral; adulterous spirit; perverted; perverse; man chaser; lust
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RN

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Last updated: 11/Apr/2016