Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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bunsilew
/bunsilɔw/
n.
“sty-in-eye”
 
n.
a sore or sty under one's eyelid
Eng. sty - in - eye; sore under eyelid
OCM: Bodily Injuries (752), Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Eye (2.1.1.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for someone's eyes (egbunsilawen, imbunsilew/migbunsilew/pigbunsilew, patient, eg><en-) to have sore under eyelid
Migbunsilew ka mata rin.
He has a sty in the eye.
Eng. sore under eyelid, to have
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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