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BIRDS 03

Verbs & adjectives used in connection w/ birds 03.6

bukakang Bald (said of chicken lacking tail feathers).
kabang Parti-colored, piebald, speckled (of birds, animals, fish and material).
kahid To scratch s.t. (as chicken in dirt).
kuruka' Exclamation to call chickens.
kuwak To squawk, croak, hoot.
dapu'2 To perch; to alight, land (of birds, flying insects and figuratively of sickness).
ellem To sit (on eggs, of a bird); to incubate.
lagit To catch prey (by swooping down on it).
layang To fly (like birds, airplanes etc.).
lekku' To lie down (of animals), sit down (of birds).
lekku' For a chicken or bird to take its chicks under the wings, to shelter its chicks, to sit on eggs.
pekkak To cackle (make a sound like a hen makes after laying an egg, gackeru).
pugad (mugad) To lay eggs.
sangkul To trim (the comb of a rooster, also used for trimming hair).
seppug To fight (of cocks), take a cock to fight (in a cockfight).
sulangkang To stand up, fluff up (of feathers only).
ta'an To set (a trap).
teppat To land, touch down (of airplanes or birds); alight (of birds).
tigtuk To peck (as a bird or chicken); strike (things with beak or fangs).
tingkowak To crow (of a rooster).
udjung To fly off (of birds, chickens).
uhu' To remove or take out the insides (of a chicken).
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