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lekes
/lɔkɔs/
Data Qual: Martin does not know this word
Data Qual: likes ???
Data Qual: translation means bukusan to wrap it is not a word for wrap it is not a word. . .QDL
 
v.
(egkelekes, nakalekes, egkA><ø-) to wrap something around something else
Eggendiyè a te kamet su egkelekes a te sahing ne iglebeng ku.
I will go to the farm to wrap bananas, right after I will bury it.
Eng. wrap around
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for something (egkelekesan, migkelekesan, ingkelekesan, egkA><an-) to wrap around something else, e.g. a vine around a tree; a snake around a pig
Warè nakaweil ka mahintalunan ne babuy ne ingkelekesan te uled su amana ne dakel ka uled.
The wild pig hardly moved because the snake that wrapped it was very big.
Syn. belebed
Eng. wrap around; strangulate
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal actions (1.6.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,AAA,TME,QDL,RAA,RJH
Last updated: 29/Jul/2014