Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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geram
/gɔdam/
v_rt.
“feel”
 
1.
vt.
for a person or animal (eggeram, miggeram/inggeram, agent, eg><ø-) to feel (eggeramen, inggeram/miggeram/piggeram, naheram, patient, eg><en-) something because of something (iggeram, inggeram, reason, ig><ø-)
Eggeram sikandin te geyinawa.
He feel enlove.
Geyinawa buwad iya seini se eggeramen ku.
I think it's love that I'm feeling.
Iyan din iggeram te geyinawa su nakakita sikandin te meupiya ne mengebay.
The reason that he felt love because he found a beautiful girl.
Eng. feel; sense; experience; perceive; touch
DDP: Sense, perceive (2.3), Sense of touch (2.3.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

 
2.
vt.
for a person or animal (eggeram, miggeram/inggeram, gerami, agent, eg><ø-) to try or test (eggeraman, inggeraman/miggeraman/piggeraman, geraman, patient, eg><an-) for something (iggeram, inggeram, theme, ig><ø-)
Eggeram a egpamula te menì su kema ke egkeuyag ded.
I'll try to plant peanuts if it grows.
Miggeraman kud e ka sabew ne meupiye e.
I tasted the soup an it seems okey.
Iggeram ku seini keykew ne me insè.
This are questions for you to evaluated.
O. Syn. eg-eleg-eleg
Eng. try; test; taste; check out; evaluate; experiment
DDP: Taste (2.3.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for someone (egpakaheram, nakaheram, agent, egpAkA-) to have an effective sense of touching
Eng. effective sense (touching)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

 
3.
vt.
for someoneto be sick with something (eggeramen, theme, eg><en-)
Eng. symptom; sick; ill; affliction; disease; feeling; experience
DDP: Sense of touch (2.3.5), Disease (2.5.2), Symptom of disease (2.5.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M


Updated by: RJH,RJH,QDL,RJH,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 13/Jun/2016

Links to texts

"egpakageram" in text "Dreaming of being Rich"

Links to phrasebook

"miggeram" in text "Ke due masakit"

Links to health books

"gerami" in healthbook "Mania teg pakapatey kag iindes?"

"naheram" in healthbook "Anak ni Biltu ne migkerid"

"eggeramen" in healthbook "Migsistu si Wini"

"peggeram-geram" in healthbook "Migsistu si Wini"

"nakaheram" in healthbook "Miggendiye te huspital si Mirsi ka migtibi"

Link to Bible concordance

"geram"

Links to songbook

"kaheram" in song "Egsalihan"

"Ipaheram" in song "Hisus, egsaad a"

"Kaheram" in song "Mabantug ka"

"naheram" in song "Sapipiya a Manama"

"Geramen" in song "Igpangguhud ta ka kaluwasan"