gemu
noun
English. Of all living creatures, egg or ovum.
pengingemu
English. Lays eggs, of birds, reptiles, amphibians and (for some speakers) insects, but not fish.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ingemuan nu manuk su salag.
English. The chicken laid her eggs in the nest.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa, kini gegdag muka' guak, miksama palas, lumbus maitem. Bena' pengingemu nailan, mikpungun ilan mengingemu. Sa' mipesa' na su gemu nilan, sala dua', engkenenen su gekpis nilan pu' daniin bata'.
English. Now then, as for the little-crow and the crow, they had the same appearance, both black. When they laid eggs, they laid their
eggs together. When their eggs hatched, each claimed the chicks were their own offspring.
Synonym. gumanuk
Idiom: gemu telenggwag
noun
English. An egg which does not develop, unfertilized egg.