Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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kelelek
/kɔlɔlɔk/
n.
 
n.
Corixidae_spp.
Data Qual: This is different from what Memie told me Apr 2001
water boatman insect
Eng. water boatman insect; boatman insect; insect variety
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Insect (1.6.1.7)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT
 
n.
Data Qual: This is what Memie told me Apr 2001
an insect that lives under rocks in water. It has a painful bite.
Eng. insect variety
Ka keleek iyan ka uled-uled diyè te weyig ne egpekeiling te ipes ne amana ne sesakiti ne egpangahat. Iling iya degma karakel te ipes wey bayew egmalibusen iling te beuu.
Mig-engked ad e ka migpanikep su amana ne susuluhi ka keleek ne egmangahat.
I stopped catching (tadpoles, toads, fishes etc.) because there is a lot of insect lives in water and bites.
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Insect (1.6.1.7)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT

Updated by: RJH,TME,NJK
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009