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sangungu
/saŋuŋu/
v_rt.
“stop_running”
 
v.
for a dog (egsangungu, migsangungu/insangungu, sangungu, agent, eg><ø-) to stop running when the wild animal it is chasing stops. Then dog will continue to bark at the animal (egsangunguwen, insangungu/migsangungu/pigsangungu, sangunguwa, theme, eg><en-)
Egsangunguwen e te asu ka usa ne migseneb diyè te linew.
The dog barks towards the deer being diven into the lake.
Syn. tey-ew
Eng. stop running; rest
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal movement (1.6.4.1), Rest (2.4.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,TME,NJK,QDL,RAA,QDL
Last updated: 18/Dec/2009