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simè
/simɔʔ/
 
1.
n.
saliva containing betel nut juice
Ka seini ne ileb puun seini te mameen, manika, wey apug ne ke egsepeen seini te me buyag egmalalab ka ileb dan puun te inmamè dan, ne ka igluwè dan naa wey ka igkulepa seini iya ka pasabut kayi ne lalag.
Malalab ka sime te buyag ne egmamè te mameen.
Red is the spit of an old man chewing a bettle nut.
Eng. bettle nut juice; saliva; spit
Ceb. luwa
DDP: Spit, saliva (2.2.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
(masimè, mA1-) a kind of betel nut that produces a lot of red juice
Eng. juicy
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
2.
v.
for something (egsisimè, migsisimè/insisimè, theme, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to be brownish in color
Eng. brownish color
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
Created: 15/May/2009
Updated by: QDL
Last updated: 21/Oct/2009