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pelak
/pɔlak/

n.
hard palate
Eng. hard palate; palate
Tag. ngalangalá
Ceb. lingagngag
Ilo.: ngangáw
OCM: Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Mouth (2.1.1.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

n.
the roof of the mouth
Ka sini ne lalag iyan sika se egdeketan te me mallumiket ne pegkeen ne dibabew te dilè ta.
Napalian te tul-an ka pelak din gabii.
He's palate got wound due to eating bones yesterday.
Eng. roof of mouth; mouth, roof of
OCM: Ethnoanatomy (826)
DDP: Mouth (2.1.1.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

vi.
for something (e.g. milk powder) (egpelak, migpelak/impelak, agent, eg><ø-) to stick to the roof of one's mouth (egpelakan, impelakan/migpelakan/pigpelakan, location, eg><an-)
Ka egpelak iyan ka minsan nekey ne igsungit wey eg-abelengen ne egdeket wey egsanggat diyè te pelak te be-bè te etew wey te mananap. Senge kakuwa, ka me malamiket wey malamiyak ne egkakeen ka egdeket te pelak te be-bè.
Egpelak ne egkeenen ka biskuwit su mewumel-wumel.
Biscuit be eaten will stick of roof a mouth for it's soft.
Eng. stick to roof of mouth
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,RJH,TME,QDL,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 19/Feb/2010

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