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lono
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A person in a vegetative-type state.
It's as if they don't have any bones nor any muscle tone. Their body is malogaw, like porridge. They can't do anything on their own. It can be from a birth defect or some believe it can be from a drug overdose. In some cases it is probably cerebral palsy.
Ang ana na nataw ang lono. Indi ma-deng, indi makarong.
Her child was born with cerebral palsy. He can't stand up, he can't sit up.
2
maN-
For a snake to shed its skin, or for a crab to shed its shell and grow a new one.
When the crab is without its shell, its body is said to be lono meaning weak, with no muscle tone. They are good to eat when they are in this stage.
May naminta may inita amen ang ma-kal ang tagwawalo ang nanlono ong may balay amen.
One time we saw a banded sea krait which had shed its skin by our house.
pinanlonoan
The skin of a snake that has been shed and is still intact.
Folk healers and native midwives are said to put this on a belt used by a woman about to give birth in order to ease her delivery.
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