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kuning
N-, mag-, -an
‘sickness of plants or humans’ to turn yellow; ‘disease’ to become jaundiced.
Whenever the liver is in trouble, the body, including the whites of the eyes, turns yellow. In Sibutuh, this happens most often in malaria and in hepatitis.
Nguning na down-na. Bunga-bunga tutu subey nipindahan minditu.
Its leaves are already turning yellow. This plant should be moved from here.
The leaves are turning yellow now because they were hit by sickness.
Masi nguning baran-na bey min sakki tandog.
His body is still jaundiced from the malaria sickness.
Sim
‘color’ yellow.
baning (Sib)
buwas kuning
‘food’ yellow rice.
This is rice which has been cooked with an orange substance, possibly tumeric root.
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