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bagbag
/bagbag/
 
1.
vi.
for something (egkabagbag, nabagbag, patient, egkA><ø-) to crack in the middle in many places
Ka duma ne lalag kayi iyan ka egkabuang, egkaperi, egkagusi. Ka seini ne lalag egkahamit dè iling te bagtek, bulpin, lapis wey te duma pad ne iling te minsan nekey ne malayat ne egkaayun ne egkapesè.
Ref.Gloss: Or for skin to flake off
Nabagbag ka lapis, su nariekan ku.
The pencil cracked because I stepped on it.
Eng. crack in many places; shatter; split; flake off
OCM: Ethnophysics (822)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for someone (egbagbag, migbagbag/imbagbag, agent, eg><ø-) to break something (esp. bamboo) (egbagbahen, imbagbag/migbagbag/pigbagbag, patient, eg><en-)
Eng. break, to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
2.
vi.
for something, especially a piece of bamboo or pipe (egkabagbag, nabagbag, patient, egkA><ø-) to be split lengthwise
Nabagbag ni Karlu ka kawayan ne eggimuwen ku perem ne sakeru.
Carlo shattered a bamboo that I'm making a water container.
Eng. split, become
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 24/Feb/2015