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lebu ne luwey
/lɔbu_nɔ_luwɔy/
n.
“dense_cane”
 
n.
(miglebu_ne_luwey, mig><ø-) for a cluster of luwey cane to be dense when clearing a field with a bolo; a idiomatic phrase referring to hard work
Wrd.Gloss: hard_work
Eng. dense cane; hard work; very difficult; difficult
OCM: Ethnobotany (824), Flora (137)
DDP: Forest, grassland, desert (1.2.1.6)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RI

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 25/Sep/2009