mengebay₁
/mɔŋɔbay/
n.
“ummarried_girl”

n.
an unmarried girl
Wrd.Gloss: unmarried_girl
Syn. beyi
Eng. unmarried girl; girl, unmarried; marriageable girl; teenage girl; youth (female); single girl; virgin; spinster
Tag. dalága; dalagíta
Ceb. dalagita
Ilo.: balásang; balasítang
OCM: Age stratification (561)
DDP: Unmarried (2.6.1.3), Virginity (2.6.2.1), Male, female (2.6.5), Woman (2.6.5.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B

vi.
for a girl (egmengmengebay, migmengmengebay/immengmengebay, actor, eg><ø-rdpCVC-) to grown into a young woman
Egmengmengebay e ka anak ni Man-apen ne igkalitan.
The youngest daughter of Man-apen is already a young woman.
Eng. reach puberty; puberty, reach.; unmarried girl; desire husband
DDP: Unmarried (2.6.1.3), Male, female (2.6.5), Woman (2.6.5.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 04/Mar/2015

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