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sungsung
/suŋsuŋ/
v_rt.
“sniff”
 
vt.
for an animal (esp. dog, horse, carabao or cattle) (egsungsung, migsungsung/insungsung, agent, eg><ø-) to sniff (egsungsungen, migsungsung/insungsung/pigsungsung, egsungsungan, migsungsungan/insungsungan/pigsungsungan, location, eg><en-, eg><an-) the rear (lebut) of another dog
Eng. sniff
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal movement (1.6.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
vi.
for a dog (egpanungsung, agent, eg><ø-paN-) to sniff out a trail (egpanungsungan, location, eg><an-paN-)
Wrd.Gloss: sniff
Eng. sniff; follow
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal movement (1.6.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 06/Oct/2009