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me-ge-nep'

Dictionary entry

me-ge-nep' • vi e-class • it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building) • it (someone's stomach) aches

Lexicon record # 1629 | Source reference(s): FS(LA138-013) R220 JE3
Semantic domain: health and sickness
Derivation: morphological structure men-ep-e- + + -eg-

Special meaning or use

  • Me-ge-nep' 'wey-yah S/he has a stomach ache JE3

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. me-ge-nep' "it flexes or stretches; it aches (stomache)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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