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pulan
/pulan/
 
1.
v.
(kapulan, kA-) to stay awake; to be sleepless
Eng. stay awake; sleepless; awake
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for someone (egkapulan, napulan, agent, egkA><ø-) to be disturbed in one's sleep
Napulan a su mahulub nahud ka me batè ganna te marusilem.
I was sleepless because the children were noisy last night.
Eng. disturbed sleep; woken
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
vi.
for someone (egpulan, migpulan, impulan, agent, eg><ø-) to cause someone to stay awake all night
Eng. stay awake, cause to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
2.
n.
(kapulananan, kA><an-) an obligation of male sides to be given at female sides especially to the grandmother and granfather either it is money, things, or animal. This kind of dowry is for the payment of being sleepless during the babyhood stage of the female.
O. Syn. lebut_te_panamung
O. Syn. tipak_te_buel
O. Syn. punas_te_tei
Eng. dowry
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,AAA,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 10/Mar/2014