Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon – ilag

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ilag
/ʔilag/
v_rt.
“allow_sight”

v.
for something esp. wall (eg-ilag, mig-ilag/in-ilag, theme, eg><ø-) to allow sight or allow the passage or light, as in goggles, or as in something translucent or transparent
Amana eg-ilag ka ingkukumbalè ni Ana ganna te peggendiyè din te palingki.
Ana wore a translucent attire when she went to the market.
Eng. allow sight
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

adj.
Meilag amana ka imbeli ni Adi ne kurtina.
The curtain that was bought by Adi was very translucent.
Eng. translucent; transparent
DDP: Transparent (2.3.1.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

n.
(peilag, pA-) an extra burrow made by a rat so that if a snake entered his nest, he can leave by the alternative route. Usually this escape route is not fully made, but the lid is thin enough that the rat can push through in an emergency
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal home (1.6.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 21/Dec/2011