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gangu₁
/gaŋu/
v_rt.
“dry”

1.
vi.
for grain, wood, clothes etc. (egkahangu, nahangu, egkA><ø-) to become dry
Cult. usually as a result of human intention, but may be said of a dead tree that is still standing. In contrast, soil is never nahangu unless it is deliberately dried. An animal that has been dead for a long time and is dry is namewù.
Nahangu e ka kayu.
The tree has wilted.
Mahaan e egkahangu ka paley ku ne indampil.
It almost to dry the rice grains which I exposed to the sun.
O. Syn. mara
Eng. dry, become; dehydrated; brown (grass)
Tag. tuyô
Ceb. uga; mala
Ilo.: namagá
OCM: Preservation and Storage of Food (251), Ethnophysics (822)
DDP: Dry (1.3.3.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

2.
vi.
for a plant (egkahangu, nahangu, egkA><ø-) to become dry or wilt
Eng. dry; wilt; wither; dehydrated
OCM: Cereal Agriculture (243), Vegetable Production (244), Arboriculture (245), Forage Crops (246), Floriculture (247), Textile Agriculture (248)
DDP: Dry (1.3.3.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

vt.
for someone (eggihangu, agent, eghi><ø-) to let something (eggihanguwen, theme, eghi><en-) dry
Eggihanguwem pad seini su wà pad amana nahangu.
Let this dry some more because it is not yet very dry.
cf. dampil —dry in sun
Eng. let dry
OCM: Ethnophysics (822)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 10/Mar/2014

Links to texts

"Kahangu" in text "Preparing Ground Corn"

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