demmug
/dɔmmug/
n.
“dew”
Data Qual: Needs example sentences on the verb forms [RJH]

n.
dew or moisture
Mani buwa te due demmug te maselem, minsan kenè eg-uran?
Why is it that dew appears in the morning, even if it is not raining.
Wrd.Gloss: dew
Eng. dew; moisture
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Rain (1.1.3.3), Solid, liquid, gas (1.2.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

v.
for rain or dew (egderemmug, migderemmug/inderemmug/pigderemmug, demmug, actor & theme, eg><ø-rdpCVC-) to be on plants (egderemmuhan, inderemmuhan/migderemmuhan/pigderemmuhan, deremmuhi, location, eg><an-rdpCVC-)
Eng. rain be on plants; dew be on plants; moisture be on plants
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

v.
for someone (egkaremmuhan, naremmuhan, maremmuhan, patient, egkA><an-) to be wet with dew for a reason (igkaremmuhi, ingkaremmuhi, reason, igkA–i)
Eng. wet with dew, be (of a person); dew, be wet with (of a person)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

adj.
(maremmug, mA1-) having a lot of dew (plants)
Eng. wet with dew; having a lot of dew; dewy; dew, wet with; dew, having
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 08/Apr/2014

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"demmug"

Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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