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kames
/kamɔs/
adj_rt.
“damp”
 
adj.
(makames, mA1-) damp (of the ground or wood, from rain or water on the surface)
Ka makames iyan ka nasabid ne minsan. Nasubid puun su neuranan wey ke na nakaseneb wey neitisan naa iya te weyig.
Makames ka kayu ne mig-undul ney sikan naa ne mananey key nakalutu.
The wood we used for firewood is wet, that's why we cooked slowly.
Syn. subid —wet
Ant. mammara —dry
Eng. damp; moist; wet
Tag. mabasâ
Ceb. basà
Ilo.: nabasá
Binukid: hames
WBM: hames
Tigwanon: kames
Cagayano: ʔammes
Sarangani: ʔames
Ilianen: ʔames
Kinamigin: hamus
Tagbawa: mames
Obo: ʔamas
Proto: hames
OCM: Sensation and Perception (151), Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: Wet (1.3.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F
 
v.
for something (e.g., clothes or wood) (egmakames, migmakames/immakames, theme, eg-mA1-) to be damp
Eng. damp, be; moist, be; wet, be
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
(makames-kames, kekamesi, mA1-rdpRT-, rdpCV–i) very wet
Eng. very wet; wet, very
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 21/Jan/2010