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balan-ew
/balanʔɔw/
 
1.
n.
swamp (e.g., more in water)
Eng. swamp (e.g., more in water); marsh
Tag. látì; latían
Ceb. mangali
Ilo.: álog; ubbog
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: Swamp (1.3.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B
 
2.
v.
for a small area (e.g., a floor) (egbalan-ew, migbalan-ew/imbalan-ew, balan-ew, patient, eg><ø-) to be covered in water (perhaps up to the ankles) (egbalan-awan, imbalan-awan/migbalan-awan/pigbalan-awan, location, eg><an-)
Seini ka balan-ew ne nalimud te uran ganna.
This the small part water remaining by a rain.
Eng. water, covered with (of a small area); covered with of water (of a small area); full of water (of a small area)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,NJK,RAA,QDL
Last updated: 09/Feb/2010