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To bite, crack, or tear something open with the teeth,
such as grain, seeds, etc. (The husk will be left, but the
contents are eaten.)
Maosay ang mageyeb ta paray tang ambe.
Rats are good at biting
open
and
eating rice grains.
Ang binik aggeyeben da tang ambe. Anda ra.
The seeds are being
eaten by rats. There's nothing left (i.e. but
empty husks).
Eyeban mo kay tang paray mga poidi rang gilingen.
Please bite
open a grain of rice to see if it's ready to be milled.