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delemetan
/dɔlɔmɔtan/
n.
“traditional_medicine”

n.
a traditional herbal medicine
Wrd.Gloss: traditional_medicine
Ka seini iyan sika se me pangetayen te me kabuybuyahan ne minsan nekey puun te katalunan eyew te me dalu.
Sikanami se me Matigsalug, masalig ka me delemetan ney ne derewunen.
We, Matigsalug people, we have a lot of herbal plant.
Neulian ad te dalu ku su due dalemetan ne pig-inum ku.
I was healed because I took liquid medicine.
Syn. ketey
O. Syn. bawì
Eng. traditional medicine; herbal medicine; concoction; medicine
Tag. gamót
Ceb. tambal
Ilo.: ágas
OCM: Medical Therapy (757), Preventive Medicine (751)
DDP: Medicine (2.5.7.2), Medicine (2.5.7.2), Traditional medicine (2.5.7.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B

v.
for someone (egpakirelemetan, migpakirerelemetan/impakirerelemetan, agent, egpaki-) to fetch herbal medicines
Egpakirelemetan e pad diyè te engki Meyra su nakanengneng a ne masalig ka me delemetan dan diyè.
I'm going to fetch herbal medicines at Meyra's (place) because I know that they had a lot of herbal medicines.
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 28/Nov/2009

Links to texts

"delemetan" in text "Childbirth"

"delemetan" in text "Sacrificing to Avert Sickness"

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