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beheng
/bɔgɔŋ/
adj_rt.
“swift”
 
1.
adj.
(mabeheng, mA1-) fast-flowing (of water)
Mabeheng ka weyig.
The water is swift-flowing
O. Syn. malamit
Eng. fast flowing; swift (of water); flowing fast; rapid (of water); strong (of water current)
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: River (1.3.1.3), Strong (2.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
(mabeheng-beheng, bebehengi, mA1-rdpRT-, rdpCV–i) very fast-flowing
Eng. fast flowing, very; very fast flowing; swift, very (of water); flowing very fast; rapid, very (of water); strong, very (of water current)
OCM: Sensation and Perception (151)
DDP: Strong (2.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
2.
adj.
(mabeheng, mA1-) flexible, but with quite strong resistance
Eng. flexible; pliable, somewhat; resistant (to physical force); strong (difficult to bend)
cf. malamit
OCM: Sensation and Perception (151)
DDP: Strong (2.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 07/Oct/2009