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pasilaksilak
/pasilaksilak/
v_rt.
“rain_while_sunny”
 
adj.
to rain while sunny
Eng. rain while sunny
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for it (egpasilaksilak, migpasilaksilak/impasilaksilak, pasilaksilak, actor & theme, eg><ø-) to rain while the sun is shining
Cult. If there is a light rain, a rainbow (baluntu) appears. This is a bad omen (ayew) and could indicate a forthcoming killing or accident either here or in a close village either today or tomorrow. The servants of Meibulan are believed to be out roaming, looking for trouble
Wrd.Gloss: sunshower
cf. egbilisbilis
Eng. rain while sunny; shine while raining; sunshower, have a
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Sun (1.1.1), Rain (1.1.3.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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