Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon – kaya

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kaya
/kaya/
v.

1.
v.
for someone (egkakaya, nakaya, egkA><ø-) to be able to do or action something (egkayeen, nakakaya, egkaye:n, ingkaya/migkaya, pigkaya, patient, egkA><en-)
Eng. able, be; able; withstand; tolerate; bear, to; endure
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

2.
n.
a moving joint such as the knee or elbow, knuckles, etc.
Ka seini ne lalag iyan sika se malibusen ne diyè te sumpulan te buel ta wey diyè te siku.
Neengkeran a te me duma ku gabii su masakit se kaya-kaya ku.
I was leave behind with my companion yesterday because my bone joint was painful.
Cult. According to the belief of Matigsalug tribe, if you go to cemetery at exactly twelve in the evening (midnight) and dig any grave in order to get the bone joint of knee and make it as a charm so that you are able to do or to get something you want. Kaya-kaya means "able" and this is the reason they used it as a charm for both good and bad purposes.
Eng. bone joint
Tag. bayúgo ng túhod
Ceb. lutahan
OCM: Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Bone, joint (2.1.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

3.
n.
work or plan
Cult. to put one's child through school
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 22/Dec/2009