Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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kupkup
/kupkup/
v_rt.
“brood”
 
vt.
for a mother hen (egkupkup, migkupkup/ingkupkup, kupkup, agent, eg><ø-) to gather her chickens (egkupkupen, ingkupkup/migkupkup/pigkupkup, kupkupi, patient, eg><en-) (egkupkupan, ingkupkupan/migkupkupan/pigkupkupan, kupkupan, location, eg><an-) underneath her
O. Syn. inahak
Migkupkupan te manggianak ne manuk ka me piyak din su maapun e.
The mother hen gathered its chicks underneath her because it's late in the afternoon.
Eng. brood; gather chickens
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal actions (1.6.4), Animal home (1.6.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 22/Feb/2017