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kabra
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mag-
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To force something open which is locked, by prying the lock or hinge off with a tool; to pry a large rock out of the ground with a crowbar; dislodge large rocks.
Kinabrao ra lamang tang kaban amen tenged nalipat tang liabi.
I just pried open our wooden trunk because the key was lost.
Mababael tang bato, indi makabra!
The rock is so huge, it cannot be pried out!
pirnos de kabra
Crowbar.
ma-, -en
For rocks or earth to unintentionally be dislodged or washed out by weather, water, or animals, etc.
Ang baka mga agkeke-ked ong binit tang kahon, gakabra tang mga batong mababael.
When a cow is tethered at the edge of a rice plot, the large rocks become dislodged.
Ang pantalan ang ba-long inobra kinabra si tang langeb.
The pier which was just finished being worked on was washed out again by big waves (i.e. the large rocks used for the pier were dislodged).
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ma-
For one's cough to be very violent, sounding the same as something which is being broken apart or forced open; a loud, hacking cough.
Mga kemeykey tang taw ang asi, midio makabra tang debdeb na.
When that person coughs, it sounds like his chest will break apart.
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