Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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sagmak
/sagmak/
v_rt.
“eat/bite”
 
v.
for fish (egsagmak, migsagmak/insagmak, agent, eg><ø-) to eat or to bite the bait off a hookfor an animal to gobble/ snatch/devour food eg. a dog (egsagmaken, patient, eg><en-)
Wrd.Gloss: bite
Egsagmaken e te asu ka paa ku.
My foot was bitten by the dog.
Egsagmaken e te miyew ka ngalap.
The cat devoured the fish.
Eng. bite, for fish; feed, for fish; chew off; devour; gobble; snatch and eat
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal eating (1.6.4.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 21/Dec/2011