Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon – tunè

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tunè
/tunɔʔ/
n.
“lake”

n.
a narrow lake or trapped pool of water
Ka se tunè sika ka egtammisaken wey eglubuhan te kalabew,babuy,usa wey duma pad.
Wrd.Gloss: lake
Mig-aangat si Amè te tunè te salareng.
Father watched over (for hunting) the narrow lake.
Eng. lake; pool
OCM: Ethnogeography (823), Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Ocean, lake (1.3.1.1), Animal home (1.6.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

vi.
for an animal such as a pig or carabao (egtunè, migtunè/intunè, agent, eg><ø-) to wallow in a pool of muddy water (egtunaan, intunaan/migtunuen, location, eg><an-)
Egtunè ka kalabew ke egkeinitan su sikan dè iya ka egpakabawi kandin.
The carabao will wallow (in a pool of muddy water) when hot because only the pool can cure him.
Eng. wallow, to
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Soil, dirt (1.2.2.1), Animal movement (1.6.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

vi.
for an animal such as a pig or carabao (egtutunè, migtutunè/intutunè, agent, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to keep on wallowing in a pool of muddy water
Eng. keep on, to
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Soil, dirt (1.2.2.1), Animal movement (1.6.4.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 08/Dec/2014