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ohu leték1nPraying mantis or walking stick, either light brown or green and about 3 1/2 in. long.
okol11.1nA digging stick, a tool used for digging in the ground.Hol htelemem yem okol ubi nmoem.Really sharpen the sweet potato digging stick you make.1.2vTo dig something out of the ground, such as sweet potato.Botedu se okolem du?What did you dig it out with?2To not have enough of something; to always want more; to dig for information, as in a court case.Étê tmulón du Bong Busaw ngà ni alì okol.It's not good to tell Big Spirit stories to this child, he never has enough (always wants more).varhsokolsokol
olif1nAn enlarged spleen.
olit1nA certain kind of tree.2adjStriped, mottled, used only of hawks and buzzards.
olo nawaidiom ofolo 2.2Calm, thinking straight.
olob11.1nWater for washing, bathing; the water something was washed or rinsed in.Olob ken sotu tilob gel él le lemnaw.Water the rice was rinsed with is one that is good to use for cooking greens, vegetables.1.2vTo wash something, as hands, feet, hair, dishes, pots, vegetables, edible roots.Sundu olob huyów du yem él yó.That water there is not used to wash dishes.cfdyo 1.1louf 1ouf1.3adjTo be thoroughly washed.cfouf 1.1udós 1.1ugud 1.2
olò1vTo follow after, as going to take part in planting rice in other people's fields or a man going to a woman asleep in her bed; to blend or fit in, as in following someone else's ways.Tódô oloem ebè tum kul kmò yem kóm anì bong nawa le kóm.Just blend in your ways to their ways so that they'll love you.syndulang 1.1dulen 2gkitay 1.1fromkitayvargolòsolò2vTo seep into a small hole or crack in something tight; to increase, spread, as a sore that becomes bigger and turns into an ulcer.Timbow kmulón tódô gotu goloen yem sokong halay deng nmou.When it rained it all seeped into the rice container I had made.3advAt least.Olò nauyem lu.(Could) you at least visit them.Olò benlay ye lu tu kem élél.(Could) you at least give something to these poor (people).
oluk1v(Of things) to lift up overhead.synboluk 1.1cfdugol 1.1tukóng 1.1
omin1advThen; after which.Lewu butengen he omin le bud mauy du.Two nights (days) later then they will visit it (the field) again.
Omin he. -idiom ofomin 1.1Then; after which.
omol11.1nMouthwash (usually just water).Ke kmutel igò le hanà là deng lemwak omol, mon le tmulón mubug tau semlaw.If it (turtledove) calls before they have spit out the mouthwash, they say it foretells that (the soul) of a chronically sick person (is being enticed to yield to death).1.2vTo rinse out the mouth.
omong hlungkalsubentry ofomong 1.1The weaving of horsehair or brass threads into an earring.
ongot11.1nScarecrow.Mò ye ongot talak halay bà mon tey sit.Make a scarecrow in the middle of the rice for there are many rice birds.1.2vTo make a scarecrow.