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dulak1vTo spit.Béem tusak dulakem, tey litô namakem.Don't spit just anywhere, your chew is blood-red.cfdfut 1.1
dulang1v(Of hens) to fight over a nest.dulang le kem onuk ni, mò le là mngà bè kul sala?These hens always fight over a nest, why can't they lay eggs in their own nests?syndulen 2olò 1tfel 1.1
dulas1adjOriginal, old, as people; antique.Mà dì Mà Wing sana dulas tau gnan.Uncle Mà Wing is still one of the original people.cflabi 1.1legen 1.1
dulé11.1nFishhook.1.2vTo fish with a fishhook.
dulék1nTimes, occasions, occurrences.Okóm ke lewu duléken duhen tlu duhen fat kdawen, yó se snukéy.But if he helps two times or three to four days, then he is to be paid.cfsulék 2ulék
dulis11.1nA scraper or knife used to scrape the burned hair off a pig or deer hide.1.2vTo scrape off the burned hair of pig or deer.synki 1.1
dulok1vTo hunt.cflok 2
dulon1nA wild shrub, its tubers in clusters near the surface of the ground are sweet and eaten raw.cfhosò 2klogo 2lembong 1.1likontulé 1
dulu11.1nA pole to which cargo is tied.1.2vTo carry something tied onto a pole.Tódô dulu le du afus etlem.He was carried downstream with a bamboo pole.A patient or a dead person is carried in a tube skirt by using a pole.cfhuyù 1.2ligen 1.1nkem 1.1kem 2nogot 1.1ogot 2
dulung1nThe front end, bow of a ship, boat; tip end of a house.syndungus 1.1tfod 1
dum1demA contraction of du 'it' and yem 'that', meaning what or this.Tek élél gendaen tu dum mon Skukuk.The (sky's) anger over what Skukuk said is unreasonable."Ne sélét ni dum do," mon Hnu, "tey keblat gunù eles nitu nii.""How much more for this (load) of mine," Turtle said, "this house I'm bringing along is very heavy."
dumu11.1nCompanion, other part of something; relatives.Ke deng hulô kem dumu ne hanà lemnaw kem dumu, mon le deng sóól twogun.When part (of the rice field) is already red and part is still green, they say it's still immature (lit. half of older sibling).1.2vTo be a relative or a companion to someone.cfbalà 1.2
dung1nProxy, substitute.Là gógówem Mà Utù, yó mò dung lówóhen mò lemingun Mà Sita.Mà Utù wasn't able to go, Mà Sita was his substitute to sing.synleyu lówó 1.1dung kahìidiomnWhat you do in place of something you lack, as using an herb for flavor in place of salt.dung lówóidiomnSubstitute, representative.2vTo dip so that some of what is dipped into sticks on it (as rock salt on finger food); to shake or set something down hard on its bottom.Yem lókó nki le ne dung le bè balu kdungon anì hulô.They scrape the bark and then dip it into the strands of abaca to make it red.vargdungmdung kahìidiomvBig, clumsy gallop.Nawaw kógówen kudà snakayu yó, lumun tô mdung kahì.The going of the horse that I rode was like dipping something into salt.
dung kahìidiom ofdung 1Proxy, substitute.
dung lówóidiom ofdung 1Proxy, substitute.
dungkul1vTo push, drive or scare something further away.syntulud 1.1
dungus1nThe tip end.syndulung 1.1
dungus bululsubentry ofdungus 1.1The tip end.
dunuk11.1nFlood. A river which has become a torrent after a hard rain.Yó gunun hngelem du, ngalin bè dunuk.His reason for making it deep is because he's protecting it against the flood.1.2vTo be flooded, of a river which has become a torrent after a hard rain.cfdlanag 1.2