swelling of the stomach; sandbank

Kreemer 1931

dropsy, swollen belly; enlarged, pregnant

Barber 1979

I won't get an inflated abdomen if I kill you!

Adriani 1928

to have gotten an inflated abdomen as a result of violating customary law

Adriani 1928

have an inflated abdomen

Adriani 1928

have a swollen abdomen

Said 1977

be disrespectful, impolite, ungrateful; do something against; not show respect to one's elders (as when slapping an older sibling)

Headland and Headland 1974

the punishment inflicted by God on someone for misusing the blessings bestowed on him. The punishment usually consists of deprivation of the thing which had been bestowed by God; earn God's punishment for being wasteful; get stomach pains from overeating

Wolff 1972

kind of sorcery used to cause the abdomen to (as in punishing a thief)

Manik 1977

dropsical swelling of the belly so that one has a tendency to pass wind

pregnant, with child

Motus 1971

afflicted with supernatural punishment for blasphemy, for uttering prohibited names of marrying within prohibited degrees; often heard as part of a prayer not to fall into sin and misery

Richards 1981

you blaspheme when you utter the name of your father-in-law or mother-in-law

Richards 1981

curse

pregnant (of animals; crude when used of people); disease that causes bloating

Pigeaud 1938

swelling of the legs

Pigeaud 1938

bloating of the stomach (from malnutrition or disease)

Pigeaud 1938

curse someone

Antonissen 1958

inflation of the abdomen caused by breaking a taboo (Bergaño 1860)

Forman 1971

dropsical swelling in the stomach, much feared by the Bahaus

Busang

Southwell 1980

word used to curse a person

Southwell 1980

to die from this illness 〈#busuŋ〉

Busang

Southwell 1980

you will die of a swollen stomach soon

Southwell 1980

an illness causing a swollen stomach

Southwell 1980

tuberculosis; a swear word

Galvin 1967

swollen belly, dropsy

Cense 1979

distended. Usually of the stomach, through dropsy, ascites or ovarian tumor; also fig. of a sandbank, and of wood seemingly blown out with air and used as cork

Wilkinson 1959

aneurism; large varicose vein

Wilkinson 1959

morbid enlargement of the stomach

Wilkinson 1959

'the swollen-bellied one', as a contemptuous description of many sufferers

Wilkinson 1959

retribution for wrong act, curse (as from fighting with one's parents); to curse, visit retribution on for wrongdoing (as against one's relatives)

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

die as payment for wrong doing (as for killing one's brother)

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

swollen; belligerent attitude (tabooed behavior toward the guardian of customary law)

Wilkinson 1959

sandbank (above or below the water); shallows, shoal

Hardeland 1859

dropsical

Zoetmulder 1982

get a swollen belly --- punishment for violating a taboo

misfortune resulting from a curse brought about by disrespectful behavior toward one’s superiors or elders

Steller and Aebersold 1959

edema, hydropesia, particularly of the abdomen

Coolsma 1930

(lit. 'holy house') building that one must treat with respect, as the mosque at Palopo

van der Veen 1940

inflation of the belly; swelling around the heart of a pig

van der Veen 1940

be in a taboo relationship, be 'holy', so that others must treat one with regard

van der Veen 1940

ungrateful

Panganiban 1966