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iyas₁
/ʔias/
n.
“maggot”

n.
a type of insect that eats at rotten things. This could include a decaying animal, or in a skin sore. This is probably a maggot but may also include other similar larvae.
Ka iyas iyan ka dereisek ne uled ne eggulun diyè te egkengamewu ne me behas te kayu wey me minatey, me mananap ne nammatey wey ka tei. Eglepew seini ne uled-uled emun ke due egngareg ne nammewu ne minsan nekey. Dereisek ka klasi te seini ne uled-uled wey me maangkag ne iling karakel te behas te hemey ne nalaslasan e, wey meitem e degma seini ke egkabuyag e wey egbulbulen e piru kenè amana egtulin.
Eng. insect variety; larvae; maggot
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Insect (1.6.1.7), Animal life cycle (1.6.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

v.
for something dead (eg-iyasan, in-iyasan/mig-iyasan/pig-iyasan, iyasi, location, eg><an-) to become maggot infested
Eg-iyasan e ka babuy ne napusil ku su pila man e ne aldew ka miglihad.
The wild pig that I had shoot is infested for few days had pass.
Eng. maggot infested; infested
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 16/Nov/2009

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