~nge chew ‹sugarcane+› so as to suck out its juice while avoiding to [...]

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)ŋe

• • chew ‹sugarcane+› so as to suck out its juice while avoiding to eat the fibres

  • • Example 1425:
      

      Lekele i-nge wa vede.

      Flying-foxes chew fruits of pandanus.

    • Example 1962:
      

      Dameliko li-nge to.

      The kids are chewing some sugarcane.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~kanu¹ chew ‹s.th.›, esp. areca nut (buioe)