melabd, v.t.skin (animal, fish); remove bark or outer fiber (of plant); husk (coconut); scrape skin (of body); scrape inside off (molech = trepang) .
melabd
a
melai
a
buld;
omkobk,
melabd
a
buuch,
tobdii,
tuabd
a
budel,
tebdel.
tobdiiv.pf.3s
tobdii
a
melabd
er
ngii.
tilebdiiv.pf.3s.past
tuabdv.pf.3p.inan.
tuabd
a
melabd;
melai
a
buld;
tuabd
a
budel
a
kerrekar,
tobdii
a
telebudel;
tebdel
a
kerrekar.
tilabdv.pf.3p.inan.past
ketabdv.recip.scratch each other; scrape off each other's skin.
metabdv.erg.
tebudel
/tbidel
/tebdall		v.a.s.is to be skinned/scraped.
telabd
/telebudel		v.r.s.skinned; scraped
telabd
a
telebudel;
mla
metabd;
nglai
budel;
telabd
el
malk.
See also:
BUDEL
,
METEBTABD
,
TBIDEL
,
TEBDEL
,
TEBUDEL
,
TELEBUDEL
Examples:
Ng
milsibas
el
metabd
a
chimal.
> He slipped and scratched his arm.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
blsuus
el
telebudel.
> Puffed out like a puffer fish.
A boastful person is like a puffer fish, full of air and not edible, hence not worthy of note.
More Examples:
Ng
 milsibas
el
metabd
a
chimal.
> He or she slipped and scratched his or her arm.

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