Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

SUMALCA Home

Resources Home

Vernacular Lexicon home
A B BAP BL D E G H I K KI L LA LIP M N O P PA R S SE SIN T TE TIN U V W Y Z

Student Dictionary

Readers

Texts

Phrasebook

Healthbooks

Bible

Songbook

puyut
/puyut/
 
n.
(puyutan, -an) a cloth hammock (for rocking a baby to sleep)
Kenè niyu ubala ka puyutan te batè su egkareetan.
Do not play with the baby's cradle so that you don't destroy it.
Cult. Made of a green bamboo pole with a cloth suspended on one end.
Eng. hammock
OCM: Apparatus (417), Infant Care (854)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F
 
n.
(igpuyut, ig-) a hammock for a child
Hendei nu igpuyut ka batè?
Where you plan to put the hammock of a child?
Cult. made from a sheet suspended from a bamboo pole
Eng. hammock
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,AAA,QDL
Last updated: 02/Jun/2009