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lagas1vTo leave to decompose unburied under the sun and rain, as clothes, flesh.
lagà1vTo take whatever is available instead of cash payment; to barter.
lahak1nA kind of bamboo usually used for walling.
lahu1vTo slip on, as a bracelet; to pull on over the head, as clothing.
lai11.1nIn-law; term of address between family members and relatives of a husband and wife only.Timbow le deng kól bè yó olo le suloy, ne henwit le lu bulung bahung ni kem lai le fi gu bè libun.When the girl's family have been there overnight, the in-laws send (food as) medicine with them to prevent sickness.When the in-laws return home, the newlyweds also accompany them, bringing the food to prevent sickness.1.2vTo be in-laws; to arrange a child marriage.
lais1v(Of pigs) to breed.
lakad11.1nExaggeration; addition to a story.Sok ye mò tulón bê ye gel nmò lakaden.When you tell a story don't always make an addition to it.1.2vTo add to a story to make it sound good or worse; to exaggerate.
lakal11.1nThe woven rattan on the handle of a knife or a knife's scabbard.1.2vTo weave rattan on the handle of a knife.
lakaw1nEclipse.
lakay11.1n(Of rooster) long tail feathers.1.2vTo be like a rooster's tail feathers.The growth of rice is likened to many things during its growth onion leaves, dove's tail, rooster's tail. It also refers to a stage of corn growth at three to four weeks when the leaves look like the rooster's tail.
lakà1nCradle cap, scaling lesions on the head of newborn babies.
lakéy1vTo include something irrelevant.Béem lakéy elemen yem laen labuten du.Don't include that which is not a part of it.cfhomong 1.1omonglakit 1.1tóng 1.1
lakuf1vTo include, to be a part of, as an area.synglab 1.1labglaf 1.1laf1cfsakuf 1.1
lakun1vTo coil up, as a rope or as a snake coils up; to fold something, as abaca fiber.syngbanggol 1.2lafì 1.1lébéd 1libed 1.1likin 1.1
lala1Root refknala nawa 1fromhlalavTo be busy, have much work to do.synmegulat 1.1
lalang1adjBald headed.
lamang hendemidiom oflamang 1.2To use a wide area; to extend beyond the boundary; to take up so much room.
lamat1nA kind of charm.Wen lamaten yó tau yó. Ngem kô tawani.That person there has a charm. Watch out, you might be affected.For someone to have this charm means to have a little knowledge about spirit-beings which can help other people by knowing what causes their sickness. On the other hand, it can be a problem to people if he charges them more when they are healed from their sickness.synimò 1.2
lamay1adj(Of chickens, snakes) speckled, mottled.cfbuling 1.1labas 1.1
lambung1vTo hang a blanket around a baby's hammock; to wrap cloth, blankets around someone or something; to cover, shroud.cfbaus 1.1hunges 1.2