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mammiley
/mammilɔy/

n.
a shiny black poisonous snake that live in a virgin forest; it is very long; venomous
Cult. Edible snake
Ka mammiley iyan ka uled ne meitem ka batek wey eggilu ke egkahat. Mahaan seini egpanlupug te etew ke eg-anak. Kenè egkakeen seini su eggilu amana. Eggilu red ka duma ne uled piru egkaayun ne egkeenen, kenè ne iling te mammiley ne kenè egkakeen. Emun ke kenè egweil ka seini ne uled, kenè amana egkeila ke uled na su meitem wey kenè egkamelmelehan su egpekeiling te batang dè due, kunaleg te uled bes.
Kahiyen ku ne lepuk ka nakabalag diyè te dalan, kunaleg te mammiley bes ne miglipereng.
I am thinking that something blocked the way was a rotten log, instead it was black snake that slept.
Indawi perem te mammiley ka babuy ney ne egpanuwal diyè te bangalug.
A black snake almost pounced our pig that rooting up in a gully.
Eng. snake, black; viper; poisonous snake; snake variety
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Snake (1.6.1.3.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT

Updated by: RJH,JLM,TME,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 08/Jun/2017

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