bekeg₁
/bɔkɔg/

n.
bone of a fish or bone of meat
Pangawei nu te bekeg ka tilapya ne igpakeen te batè su eyew kenè egkabekeg.
Take away the bone of the fish that you are going to feed to the child so that she/he won't be choked.
Eng. bone; fish bone
Tag. tiník
Ceb. bukog; tunók
Ilo.: siít
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Parts of a fish (1.6.2.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

v.
for a person or animal (egkabekeg, nabekeg, agent, egkA><ø-) to be choked of something (e.g.,bone or rice)
Eng. choked, to be
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

v.
(imbekeg, pig-) stuck in the throat
Eng. stuck
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

adj.
(bekehen, -en) bony; full of bones
Eng. bony; full of bones
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 02/Aug/2015

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