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Buaya
/buʔaya/
prop_n.
“Crocodile_star”
 
prop_n.
the name of a constellation
Wrd.Gloss: Buaya_star
Warè e rè due nakakita te bituen ne egngaranan te Buaya.
I never saw the the costellation named the Crocodile.
Cult. They call this constellation the crocodile because it has a form of an open wide mouth of a crocodile which is ready to swallow something.
Eng. constellation name, Buaya; Buaya constellation
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Star (1.1.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RN

Updated by: RJH,AAA,TME,RJH,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 16/Sep/2009