Matigsalug Vernacular Lexicon – uwat

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uwat
/ʔuat/
v_rt.
“leave_chicks”

vt.
for a mother hen (eg-uwat, mig-uwat/in-uwat, uwat, agent, eg><ø-) to leave her chicks (eg-uwaten, in-uwa/mig-uwat/pig-uwat, uwata, theme, eg><en-) since they are now big enough to fend for themselves
Cult. Can also be used figuratively for children
Eng. leave chicks; leave mother
OCM: Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Animal life cycle (1.6.3), Animal actions (1.6.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

n.
(inuwat, <in>-) a chicken which has been left by its mother
Diyè ku pad igtahù ka inuwat ne manuk ku te Pahuyuren su masalig ka takawen kayi te tulay.
I will put my young chicken to Pahuyuren because many thieves here in Tulay.
Eng. chicken, young
OCM: Fauna (136), Ethnozoology (825)
DDP: Bird (1.6.1.2), Animal life cycle (1.6.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 06/Jan/2010