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elen
/ʔɔlɔn/
v_rt.
 
v.
for a mother hen or other bird (eg-elen, mig-elen/in-elen, elen, agent, eg><ø-) to sit on eggs to keep them warm (eg-elenan, in-elenan/mig-elenan/pig-elenan, eleni, location, eg><an-)
Himu te inayan ne manuk seini ne pinaahi kayi egpigsè ka atelug. Ka igpasabut kayi iyan ka pegkupkup te atelug wey eyew egkeinitan taman te egpiyakan e. Migpasabut seini ne natimpad e ka atelug wey kenad e eg-atelug pad, ke kenè egkup-kupan din e seini taman te egpigsè e.
Eg-elen e ka manuk ku ne impeelimaan ku ki Aye.
My chicken which I put on my auntie's charge is now sitting on its eggs.
Elen ka igngaran te manuk ne eglangkeb te atelug din.
The chicken sit on eggs calls lay.
Eng. sit on eggs; eggs, sit on; brood; roost; hatch
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Egg (1.6.3.1), Animal actions (1.6.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,TME,AAA,QDL,NJK,RAA,RJH
Last updated: 22/Feb/2017