Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon – ayew

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ayew
/ʔayɔw/
v_rt.
“bad_omen”

n.
bad omen in the weather
Eng. bad omen (weather)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F

n.
(ayew-ayew, rdpRT-) bad omen in the weather
Eng. bad omen (weather)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F

v.
for the weather (eg-ayew-ayew, mig-ayew-ayew/in-ayew-ayew, ayew-ayew, eg-aayew, mig-aayew/in-aayew, aayew, actor & theme, eg><ø-rdpRT-, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to show an ill omen, such as rain, lightning and thunder, wind or a rainbow
Ka ayew iyan ka palinneu ne egkakita diyè te aw-awangan iling te egpaddusilem, egpamalawag, egmalalab ka langit, wey egsalahapun minsan kenè ne lengleng. Sika ka me palinneu ne egkakita diyè te aw-awangan te due mareet ne egkeyitabu. Minsan degma diyè te me etew wey me ayam wey minsan nekey egkakita degma ka me palinneu te due egkeyitabu/neyitabu ne kenè ne meupiya.
Kema ke ayew e seini te egbubunu su sahuhune dè ne migpaddusilem wey duma rè iya ka kulihi ne mig-ulingit.
This might be a bad omen of a murder because the sky suddenly darkened and the buzzard bird is also calling out loudly.
Cult. The bad omen usually indicates a forthcoming murder, enemy raid, or a similar happening. The weather is also believed to become bad in response to certain actions by people (e.g., laughing at animals). The bad weather is also seen as a sign that something bad will happen to the people who did the action.
Eng. omen, bad (weather); ill omen (weather); bad omen (weather); weather omen
OCM: Animism (774), Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Wind (1.1.3.1), Rain (1.1.3.3), Storm (1.1.3.5), Lightning, thunder (1.1.3.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

v.
for the weather (egpakaayew-ayew, impakaayew-ayew, actor & theme, egpAkA-rdpRT) to be bad because of a particular action (igpakaayew-ayew, impakaayew-ayew, reason, igpAkA-rdpRT)
Egpakaayew-ayew ka timpu ke egmangngingisin ki te me mananap.
The weather will be bad if we laugh at animals.
Eng. omen, bad (weather); ill omen (weather); bad omen (weather); weather omen
OCM: Animism (774), Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Wind (1.1.3.1), Rain (1.1.3.3), Storm (1.1.3.5), Lightning, thunder (1.1.3.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 17/Nov/2009