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mewù
/mɔuʔ/
v_rt.
“rot”
 
n.
rot
Eng. rot (noun)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
rotten
Bayew pad mewù ka babuy, egkakeen pad.
The pig is only slightly rotten, (we) can still eat it.
Eng. rotten; decayed
OCM: Ethnophysics (822)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
vi.
for something (egkamewù, namewù, actor & patient, egkA><ø-) to rot or decay
Namewù e, engkeran e.
It's has already rotted, throw it away.
Eng. rot, to; decay, to; spoil, to; go off, food to
OCM: Ethnophysics (822)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F
 
v.
for someone (egmewù, migmewu/inmewu, mewu, egpamewù, migpamewu/impamewu, pamewu, agent, eg><ø-, eg><ø-pA-) to cause plant material to be rotten (egmuwuen, inmuwu/migmuwu/pigmuwu, muwua, egpamewuen, impamewu/migpamewu/pigpamewu, pamewua, patient, eg><en-, eg><en-pA-) to decay somewhere (e.g., box) (egmuwuan, inmuwuan/migmuwuan/pigmuwuan, muwui, egpamewuan, impamewuan/migpamewuan/pigpamewuan, pamewui, location, eg><an-, eg><an-pA-)
Egpamewuen ku ka saging su ig-ebunu ku.
I will let the banana to be rotten as my fertilizer.
Cult. This generally refers to making compost or humus.
Eng. rot, cause to; decay, to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

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Last updated: 29/Jul/2014