Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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bungat
/buŋat/
 
n.
a type of poison used long ago to put into food or vegetables so that if they are stolen and consumed by a thief, he will lose one of his eyes.
Due bungat diyè te me pinamula ne pigliharan ney.
There is a curse in the plants we had passed by.
Eng. poison; curse
DDP: Poison (2.5.3.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for someone (egbubungat, migbubungat/imbubungat, agent, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to poison or to curse somene else (egbungaten, imbungat/migbungat/pigbungat, patient, eg><en-) through poisonous medicine or incantation (igbungat, imbungat, instrument, ig><ø-)
Eng. poison, to; curse, to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,QDL
Last updated: 11/Dec/2009