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apiyew
/ʔapiɔw/
n_rt.
“hail”

1.
n.
hail
Ka apiyew iyan ka iling te batu ne egmaangkag wey egmeebul ne egpakasewug te dakel ne uran. Egpekeiling seini karakel te sulu ne egkeulug duma te uran wey egkaleney red seini ne iyan egpakatimul te laneg.
Mig-uran gabii wey naaldek a te me apiyew diyè te lama.
It rained yesterday and I was afraid of hail in our front yard.
Kenè kew silengleng kuntee te uran su egkengeuluhan kew te derakel ne apiyew.
Don't walk in the rain now because you might be hit by large hail.
Wrd.Gloss: hail
Cult. The small pieces of ice break open egkapigsè when they strike the ground and release a fluid which is like water.
Eng. hail
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Snow, ice (1.1.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

v.
for rain and hail (egpangapiyew, migpangapiyew/impangapiyew, pangapiyew, actor & theme, eg><ø-pA-) to fall together
Basta egpangpiyew duen naa eg-anitan.
If the rain and hail will go together it means that there is a person who made something wrong (esp.laughing of animal).
Eng. rain and hail, to; hail and rain, to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

2.
n.
(Apiyew) The name of a lake somewhere in Bukidnon
Cult. This lake is considered sacred.
Eng. lake name; name of lake
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 26/Jun/2010

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