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yabyab
/yabyab/
v_rt.
 
1.
v.
for someone (egyabyab, migyabyab/inyabyab, agent, eg><ø-) to hunt for something (e.g. water)
Eng. hunt
Data Qual: Tano and queram doesn't know this kind
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
v.
for a corpse (egpanyabyab, eg><ø-paN-) to hunt
Eng. hunt
Data Qual: Tano and queram doesn't know this kind
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
2.
vi.
(egkayabyab, nayabyab, egkA><ø-) to collapse (e.g. an unnailed wall)
Ka egkayabyab iyan ka egkalapi ne seb-ung wey ke alabat tenged su mewumel/nareetan. Minsan degma ka linas ne egkahangu e wey minsan nekey pad ne egkasagpi piru egkewunak egkaamin-amin, egkaayunan te seini ne lalag.
Kenè kew sandig te alabat ney su kema ke egkayabyab su warè nalansangi.
Don't lean on to our wall for it might collapse because it was unnailed.
Eng. collapse; fall down
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,TME,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 10/Mar/2014