burusnA pregnant woman.In burus yadtu kiyapakpakan kabii.That pregnant woman aborted last night.adjSwollen (as of grain stalks when the heads are ready to come out); (of women or animals) pregnant.Burus na in manga pāy namuꞌ.Our rice stalks are swollen.viact/pat mag- -um-; pat ma-.(For a woman’s or animal’s stomach in pregnancy, a baby’s gums when teeth are ready to come out, a grain stalk when the fruit is ready to come out) to swell or become swollen; be or become pregnant.Siyam bulan magburus in babai.A woman is pregnant nine months.Bang lumagguꞌ na in manga batangan magburus na in pāy.When the stalk gets big the rice plant is swollen (i.e., the fruit is ready to come out).Diꞌ siya mabayaꞌ maburus magtuy.She doesn’t want to become pregnant right away.vtag magpa-; pat -un.To make (someone) pregnant.Bang kamu diꞌ mīg dayn dī burusun ku in manga anak mu.If you don’t leave here I’ll make your children pregnant (spoken in anger).Wayruun burus in diꞌ magꞌanak.sayingvtEverything will come out into the open (lit. There is no pregnant woman who will not give birth).

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