Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

SUMALCA Home

Resources Home

Vernacular Lexicon home
A B BAP BL D E G H I K KI L LA LIP M N O P PA R S SE SIN T TE TIN U V W Y Z

Student Dictionary

Readers

Texts

Phrasebook

Healthbooks

Bible

Songbook

banley
/banlɔy/
v_rt.
“sway”
 
vi.
for someone (egbanley, migbanley/imbanley, agent, eg><ø-) to move in time with music (egbanlayen, imbanley/migbanley/pigbanley, patient, eg><en-) by swaying their heads and bodies side by side (egbanlayan, imbanlayan/migbanlayan/pigbanlayan, location, eg><an-)
Ka egbanley iyan ka pegweil wey ke pegsayew naa te minsan nekey ne epad duma te sunata ne minsan nekey.
Egkateltelesan ad iya ne egpipitew te tratu ku ke egbanley su egpekeiling te banuwaley ne kayu ne egbanlayen te kalamag.
I love to watch my girlfriend dancing because she's like a banuwaley tree swayed by the wind.
Syn. bales
Eng. swing with music; sway with music
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
vi.
for someone, especially a drunk (egbanley-banley, migbanley-banley/imbanley-banley, agent, eg><ø-rdpRT-) to stagger
Iyan sika ka peggipanew ne egkapeled-peled iling te batè ne sikan pad iya eggipanew, wey iling naa te etew ne egkewubug. Iyan sika man-e ka peggiphipanew ne egkasalsalapid.
Mesi egbanley-banley e ne eg-ulì si Papang palinneu te newubug naan e sikandin.
If Dad is staggering when going home, it's a sign that he was drunk.
Eng. stagger; reel around
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
adj.
(mabanley, mA1-) fond of swinging (e.g a person or tree hurasan) characteristics
Eng. swinging character
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,TME,QDL
Last updated: 08/Feb/2017