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kukuk
/kukuk/
n.
“a_bird”
 
n.
A small black bird with brown wings, and it calls 'kukuk'.
Ka seini ne kalasiyan te bayaku meyilut ne egsuksuk te mabbenes sikak inngaranan te sahuksuk wey ke eglalag seini iyan din egngaranan ka ngaran din.
Kahiyen ku ne uwak ka kukuk.
I thought wrongly that the sahuksuk bird was a crow.
Wrd.Gloss: a_bird
Eng. bird variety
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Bird (1.6.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT
 
v.
for a kukuk bird (egkukuk, migkukuk/ingkukuk/pigkukuk, agent, eg><ø-) to talk
Eng. singing; talking; saying
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal sounds (1.6.4.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 16/Nov/2009