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keleb
/kɔlɔb/
v_rt.
“fold”
 
1.
vi.
for part of the body (egkakeleban, location, egkA><an-)
Data Qual: QDL doesn't know this word
have a fold in it, e.g. the arms and legs of a fat baby, or an animal that has been tethered for a long time
Iyan ka egkageleran se laplap puun te kalambehan wey ke intulis naa iya iling te impangeteban.
Nakeleban ka belad te anaken ku ne malitan tenged su amana nahud sikandin ne malambeg te batè din pad.
My niece has a folded skin in her arm because she was very fat of her childhood days.
cf. geled
Eng. folded skin; crease in skin
OCM: Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Limb (2.1.3)
Online dict status: s
Usage level: M
 
2.
n.
a kinds of plants that the seeds are used as necklace
Eng. plants; plant variety
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,TME,NJK,QDL,NJK,RJH
Last updated: 03/Sep/2014