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yekyek
/yɔkyɔk/
 
1.
n.
whooping cough
Eng. whooping cough; cough, whooping
Tag. tuspirina
OCM: Theory of Disease (753)
DDP: Cough, sneeze (2.2.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
2.
v.
for something (egyekyek, migyekyek/inyekyek, theme, eg><ø-) to cause someone to have a whooping caugh
Ka igpasabut te yekyek iyan sika se egpanaman-taman egbuwa a su malimeran se lieg. Mahirap seini su kene egpeneng-eneng.
Neyid-u a te etew gabii ne diyè te uspital ne egyekyeken ka egbuween su hendue te kenad e egpakageheyinawa.
I fell sorry yesterday to the old man in the hospital for he has a wooping cough and he hardly took a breathe.
Mareet ka sigarilyu su egyekyek.
Cigarette is bad because it cause to+whoop cough.
Eng. whooping caugh, to cause; have whooping cough
Tag. humagak
OCM: Theory of Disease (753)
DDP: Cough, sneeze (2.2.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,TME,QDL,RAA
Last updated: 02/Dec/2016