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baggiyu
/baggiu/
v_rt.
“flood”

1.
n.
flood (for the water to become bigger)
Ka baggiyu iyan igpasabut ka dakel ne weyig. Iyan egpuunan te baggiyu ka dalanag ne egpuun te dakel ne uran. Sabeka man-e ne egpuunan te baggiyu ka warag me kayu diyè te ulu te sabeka ne weyig.
Nalened ka kalabew enni Nining te baggiyu su diyè ma ihiket te ilis te Simud.
Nining's carabao is drown by huge water because it fasted at the bank of Simud River.
Eng. flood, a; high water
Tag. bahâ
Ceb. bahà
Ilo.: layós
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821), Climate (132)
DDP: Flood (1.1.3.7), River (1.3.1.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

vi.
for water (egbaggiyu, migbaggiyu/imbaggiyu, baggiyu, actor & theme, eg><ø-) to rise and overflow, flooding a place (egbaggiyuwan, imbaggiyuan/migbaggiyuan/pigbaggiyuan, location, eg><an-)
Ka baggiyu iyan ka pegdakel te weyig piru egkeyitabu dè seini ke timpu te ting-uran. Kenè dè degma ne peglaneg ka ngaran kayi su egkaayun degma ne sika se masumpit ne uran we ke amana ne salahapun ne egdumaan te nenekali ne kalamag. Sikan naa ka kenè amana egmakaleug-leug ka me etew su egkahaldek ma ke egdakel ka weyig wey kenad e sikandan egpekeuli.
Kenè kew leug-leug kuntee diyè te deyipag te Salug su kema ke egbaggiyu ka weyig.
Don't go across to the opposite side of the Salug river today, because the water might be overflowing (the banks)
Syn. tihis
Eng. overflow; rise; flood; break banks
OCM: Climate (132), Ethnophysics (822)
DDP: Flood (1.1.3.7), River (1.3.1.3), Flow (1.3.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

2.
vi.
for a woman (egbaggiyu, migbaggiyu/imbaggiyu, baggiyu, actor, eg><ø-) to be menstruating
Igkeyitabu seini te timpu te ting-uran wey ke due dakel ne uran ne egkeyitabu. Iyan ka pegdakel te weyig ne due egkeyitabu ne egpanlunew wey masalig ka egkengalened iling te kayu, wey te nekey rè iya ne diyè te ilis te weyig.
Cult. a euphemism
Eng. menstruation
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
flooded area (egkabaggiyuwan, nabaggiyuwan, location, egkA><an-)
Eng. flooded
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,AAA,TME,QDL,NJK,QDL,NJK,RAA,QDL,RJH, RAA,RAA
Last updated: 02/Feb/2018

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"baggiyu" in song "Te baggiyu paandilungan"

"baggiyu" in song "Te baggiyu paandilungan"

"baggiyu" in song "Te baggiyu paandilungan"

"baggiyu" in song "Te baggiyu paandilungan"

"baggiyu" in song "Te baggiyu paandilungan"