Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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gelut
/gɔlut/
v_rt.
“suck_in”
 
v.
for a person or animal (eggelut, miggelut/inhelut, helut, agent, eg><ø-) to eat by sucking food (e.g. small seeds or powder) (eggeluten, inggelut/mighelut/piggelut, geluta, theme, eg><en-) into their mouth (e.g. small seeds or powder for a human, or birds for a large snake)
Eng. suck
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for a food (egkeelut, nakeelut, mekeelut, egke:lut, neelut, ne:lut, agent, egkA><ø-) to be sucked in by a person or animal
Eng. suck; vacuum; inhale
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for a person or animal (egpanggelut, migpanggelut/impanggelut, panggelut, agent, egpaN-) to always eat by sucking food (egpanggeluten, migpanggeluten/impanggeluten, panggeluten, theme, egpaN-rdpRT-) into their mouth
Eng. suck; vacuum; inhale
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
adj.
(kehelut, kA-) easily sucked in (of food)
Ku-anu ka sabew sug egpanggeluten ku.
Pls. get the soup because I will suck it.
OCM: Ethnophysiology (827)
DDP: Blow air (1.1.2.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 27/Oct/2009