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datusynkulu 3.2ogot 1.2
dawa11.1nAlibi; excuse.1.2vTo make an excuse or alibi.In earlier times, when a child was sick, it was believed that his soul wanted a spouse. So, to make the child well, the parents would look for another child with whom to marry their child, often resulting in child marriages.synhdafat 1.1lasun 1.22To deny, contradict.synhlalà 1.1
dawat11.1nHelper, usually an older child to run errands.Nam tebel do Min mò gel dawatu.Leave Min with me for my (emergency) helper.1.2vTo call on for help; to call for help when in distress.Són mi dawat le edu ke wen hewa le.It is only us they call on when they need something.cfdók 1.2
dà yehenfromdà 2To stand in upright position; to step on;
de1ptlEmphasizes a question word or indefinite pronoun.Moen de ke tódô ye gel mékét?Why emp (on earth) do you usually just bite (asking a mosquito)?Nù de?Where is it emp?cfdem
de-fromd-
debwaksubentry ofd- 1.1This prefix occurs with four location words that are used in relation to a higher or lower level. It adds the meaning of a distance relatively nearby.
deefv1To slurp, sip food or soup from one's plate without using hands.cfdilut 1.1imu 1.12To fall and land on one's chin.
defìsyntfiling 1.1
dek11.1nA pestle.cfsung 1.11.2vTo pound with a pestle in a mortar, as unhusked rice in order to remove the husks; to pound shelled corn in order to break it into small pieces for cooking, or immature rice grains in order to make puffed rice or bananas in order to mash them.Dekem du dek bong.Pound it with the large pestle.If a member of a household is sick and it has been determined that the supernatural force used by a woman is the cause of the sickness, then part of the ceremony for curing the sickness is for the women to mdek dól 'to use a pestle to pound a rhythm on the stand for the mortar'. The pounded rhythm is repeated four times at the beginning of the ceremony and four times at the end. Women also mdek dól before a wedding feast when they have used Tboli medicine for the rice so that the rice will increase and/or the guests will be satisfied with whatever amount is served them. Again the pounded rhythm is repeated four times at the beginning of the ceremony and four times at the end. Only then is the rice to be pounded for the feast brought up into the house and placed at the foot of the central post of the house.synlufang 1.22To hit something or someone with a sharp, pointed object.vargdek
dekol1vTo push something forward for piling; to be carried along by water.Là kô dilô le du yem ngà dekol dunuk etalak dnadu deng hayahen.The next day they didn't recognize the child who was carried along by the waves (of the flood) onto the plowed field.Dekolem etu yem fól anì hyu mtem du.Push the trash over there so that it can be burned.syndngél 1.1dulen 3dway 1cfotun 1.1
del1vTo exact payment from someone who has spoken contemptuously or has laughed at someone.Ke kteng kem hanà ngà yem deng tuha senta le, del le lu duhen ke mutun le ni kem lomi lemnok ni.If children pull an older person to the food basket (at a wedding feast), they exact payment from them or these young people will get into many troubles brought about by a curse.cfhsalà 1.2salà
delem11.1nAccusation.Laen kô lanen etahu yem delemem do.Your accusation has nothing to do with me.1.2vTo accuse; to pass judgment.cfamad 1.2antaf 1.2deles 2dengef 1.2duón 1.2tngel 1.2
deles11.1nThe center pole of a house which is a live tree already there, the house being built around it.1.2vTo build a house around a tree, using it for the center post.2To accuse, blame with concrete evidence.Deles le etahen yem matay dlem.He was accused of killing the person who died nearby-downstream.cfamad 1.2antaf 1.2delem 1.2dengef 1.2duón 1.2tngel 1.2
deles kili1nA large rock under which large eels live.
deles ungé1nDwelling place of mice.
demcfde 1.1
demen1vTo arouse, awake from sleep; to wake up and go back to sleep.When used with the negative là, it means not to notice or be aware of something.synhekna 1.1knacflengilos 1.1