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tamba
/tamba/
 
n.
birdlime
Cult. The sap of the balitì or togop is used as tamba for snaring cicadas or small birds.
Ka tamba iyan ka igpanuhal wey iggingutel te me manuk-manuk. Puun seini te gitè te baliti wey duma pad ne me kayu ne mahitè. Igpareket naa seini diyè te deisek ne kayu ne henduen dè iya karakel te timbebakal wey eg-empeten iya te egpareket eyew ke minsan hendei eglatun ka eggingutelen egsahad iya.
Warè migdeket ka tamba ku ganna te migpanuhal a su newumelan nahud.
My birdlime didn't hold earlier when I hunt birds for it was cold.
Eng. birdlime
OCM: Fowling (223)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for someone (egpanamba, migpanamba/impanamba/pigpanamba, agent, eg><ø-paN-) to hunt birds by setting a trap with a sticky substance (egpanambeen, egpanambe:n, panambeen, panambe:n, patient, eg><en-pA-) somewhere (egpanambaan, egpanamba:n, migpanambaan, migpanamba:n/impanambaan, impanamba:n/pigpanambaan, pigpanamba:n, location, eg><an-pA-)
O. Syn. egpanuhal
Amana egkeupian si Sari ne egpanamba te me ngeyngey.
Sari really wants to hunt cicadas.
Eng. hunt birds; trap birds; birds, trap
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for something (egpakatamba, pakatamba, nakatamba, agent, egpAkA-) tha can catch or sticks ( esp. birds )
Eng. catch, can; sticks, can
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,RMU,TME,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 29/Jul/2014

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