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bitil
/bitil/
v_rt.
“famine”
 
vi.
for a person or a number of people (egkabitil, nabitil, actor, egkA><ø-) to have no food
Egkabitil e ka me etew kayi te simud su layun eg-uran.
Here in Sinuda many people have no food because of the rain.
Cult. Usually the month of May is a hungry one.
Ant. egmatubung —to have plenty
Eng. hungry; impoverished; poor; starving; malnourished; lacking food
Tigwanon: bitil
WBM: bitil
Ilianen: bitil
Cotabato Manobo: bitil
Sarangani: bitil 'starve'
Dibabawon: bitii 'stretch taut'
Proto: bitil
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,RAA
Last updated: 30/Jul/2011

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