Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon

eti
/ʔɔti/
v_rt.
“dry_up”

1.
v.
for water (egkeetiyan, neetiyan, actor & patient, egkA><an-)
Ka egkeetiyan iyan ka egkaaminan te weyig wey warad e egkasamè su egmammare e. Egkaayun te seini ne lalag ka sinuba wey ka me weyig, beuhan, lanew wey minsan nekey pad ne due weyig.
to become dried up (e.g., in a lake or in a pot of boiling rice)
Pitawa niyu ka sinuba su kema ke egkeetiyan e.
Take a look at the cooking rice for it might be dried up.
Mesi eggulabung su egkeetiyan iya ka weyig ne Man-ulasen.
When drought comes, the Man-ulasen river will really dry up.
Wrd.Gloss: dry_up
Cult. Stage 5 in cooking rice
Syn. egkewubas
Eng. dried up, water to become; dry up, water to; evaporate, water to; boiled off, be
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821), Food Preparation (252)
DDP: Drought (1.1.3.8), Solid, liquid, gas (1.2.3)
Online dict status: c
Usage level: F

adj.
(meeti, mA1-) easily dried up (e.g., of a body of water, or of a rice variety that uses a lot of water when cooked)
Syn. meebas
Eng. easily dried up; dried up easily
Online dict status: r
Usage level: R

2.
v.
for someone (eg-eti, mig-eti/in-eti, eti, eg-eeti, mig-eeti/in-eeti, eeti, agent, eg><ø-, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to fish by removing water (eg-etiyen, in-eti/mig-eti/pig-eti, etii, eg-etiyan, in-etiyan/mig-etiyan/pig-etiyan, etiyii, eg-eetiyan, in-eetiyan/mig-eetiyan/pig-eetiyan, eetiyi, theme, eg><en-, eg><an-, eg><an-rdpCV-) from a small dam with a basin (ig-eti, in-eti, ig-eeti, in-eeti, instrument, ig><ø-, ig><ø-rdpCV-)
Meupiya ka eg-eeti te timpu te gulabung su deisek ka weyig.
It is better to go fishing (by removing water from a dam) during drought time because rivers are low.
Eg-etiyen ney kaaselem ka beuhan su masalig kun ka me peit.
We will go fishing tomorrow by taking out the water from a creek for its many fish peit.
Gramm. The reduplicated form has the same meaning as the basic form.
Cult. This is a fishing practice. A part of the river is sectioned off, and water is removed with a basin. As the water level in the section drops, the fish and crabs become visible and can be caught easily.
Eng. fish by removing water; remove water with basin (for fishing); remove water from dam (for fishing)
OCM: Fishing (226)
DDP: Ocean, lake (1.3.1.1), Fishing (6.4.5)
Online dict status: r
Usage level: R

3.
vi.
for someone (egpangeti-eti, impangeti-eti/migpangeti-eti/pigpangeti-eti, pangeti-eti, patient, eg><ø-paN-rdpRT-) to be hungry and almost dying
Egpangeti-eti naan dè ka geyinawa ku te eggipanew ganna, meupiya su due keenen diyè te baley te pegginguma ku.
I almost died of hunger while walking earlier today, but I am thankful because there was food there at the house on my arrival.
Eng. starving, be; famished, be; dying of hunger, be; hunger, be dying of
Online dict status: r
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 29/Jul/2014

Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon